Michael Newman, greatest identified for his starring position within the hit collection Baywatch, has died on the age of 68, in response to these closest to him.
Newman’s shut good friend Matt Felker (who additionally directed the Hulu docuseries After Baywatch: Second within the Solar) confirmed to Folks that Newman had handed away on Sunday, and was “surrounded by his household and mates” on the time.
“I bought to see Mike the final time he was aware and he seemed [at] me and in typical Mike vogue mentioned, ‘You’re simply in time,’ ” Felker mentioned.
Newman got here to fame throughout the Nineteen Nineties, when he was a star within the hit motion drama collection Baywatch. Newman performed a model of himself on the present and was really a lifeguard in actual life. All through his time on the present, Newman appeared in additional than 150 of the present’s 241 whole episodes. Outdoors of performing, Newman was additionally a full-time firefighter and continued in that discipline after Baywatch ended.
In 2006, Newman was recognized with Parkinson’s illness and spent his time serving to to boost cash for the Michael J. Fox Basis to assist these affected by the illness and analysis for a treatment. He additionally appeared in Felker’s docuseries, which featured most of the expertise from Baywatch.
sondramedia sends its condolences to Newman’s household and mates.
