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    Dailytelegraph.com.au article:


    Neighbours star Ryan Moloney urges fans to support daughter Erin’s charity project


    Ryan Moloney is urging Neighbours fans to support his daughter Erin’s drive to help the Kids’ Cancer Project.

    The soap star’s youngster is set to shave her head on her 11th birthday in October, in the hope of raising $5000 for the charity.

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    “I’m a very proud dad,” Moloney said.

    “Erin said she wanted to do something to help other people. She has done this completely off her own bat. That she is thinking of others in this way is amazing.

    “She knew of things like The World’s Greatest Shave and chopping your hair off. My wife, Alison, and I went ‘wow’. We gave her a few weeks to think about it but she hasn’t changed her mind.

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    “If anything, she is more determined to do it. I’m even happy to accept donations from Home and Away fans too.”

    Erin has already exceeded her initial target of $1000 via her Everyday Hero page. She is up to $1423 and counting with a new target of $5000.

    “I just want to raise money to help other kids and help the scientists,” Erin said. “The decision came pretty easily. The kids at school have said they can’t wait to see me because I’ll look so different.”

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    Moloney is no stranger to a haircut. One of Neighbours’ most memorable scenes of all time is Jarrod “Toadie” Rebecchi getting his mullet chopped off in 1999.

    “I was pretty ecstatic about that when it happened,” Moloney said

    “Erin is doing the same thing but for a much better cause. Cancer is one of those things where we all know someone affected by it.

    “It is around way too much and the ones that affect kids are particularly traumatic. Erin is a kid helping kids.”

    Erin’s donation page is https://charityfundraiser.everydayhe...e/wizard/share

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    Daily Telegraph article:


    Where are they now? Neighbours star Dan Paris who played Drew



    IN Neighbours’ 32-year-history, there’s never been a character with a more impressive head of hair than Drew Kirk (no offence, Toadie).

    The character was played by Dan Paris who joined the soap on a whim in 1998.

    During his five-year stint in Ramsay street, Drew married Libby Kennedy and the couple had a baby before Drew was involved in a tragic horseriding incident and later died in hospital.

    Now, 15 years after he was killed off, news.com.au caught up with Dan Paris to find out how he ended up on the show, why he left and what he’s been up to since.

    How did you end up landing a role on Neighbours?

    I never really wanted to be an actor. I was just travelling around Australia and I got to Melbourne and started working at a bar on Chapel street. I thought, ‘They’ve got television here in Melbourne, I might as well audition for something,’ and I was just in the right place at the right time.

    I think I had a friend who had an agent and I went to a general audition at Grundy’s and they said, ‘Yeah, we’re looking for your sort of demographic.’ They said, ‘Do you have any acting experience?’ I said, ‘No,’ and they said, ‘Excellent, you’re perfect for Neighbours.’ [laughs] I’m only joking, that’s not true.

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    Is it true that you initially found acting to be quite challenging?

    I suppose I did. I wasn’t really driven to be an actor and I find it quite challenging remembering lines. I don’t really have the brain power to do that, so that’s probably the thing that let me down the most. But I bloody enjoyed it. It was really good fun.

    Which of your Neighbours co-stars were you closest to?

    Probably Carla Bonner [who plays Steph Scully]. Her birthday is two months or so before mine and she makes me feel awful because she still sends me a birthday message every year and I keep forgetting hers.

    Were there any co-stars that you didn’t get on with?

    In a big group of people you’re always going to have someone that you don’t necessarily see eye-to-eye with, but we all made a decision to work through that and if there were any hurdles we overcame them.

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    Why did you decide to leave the show in 2002?

    I just love being out in the wilderness. I had a little too much time in the studio, that was probably the biggest driving force for leaving. I just realised I needed to be out in the open a bit more.

    I was travelling Australia with my partner [when I got the role on Neighbours] and I wanted to keep travelling around Australia, so I did. I bought an old four-wheel drive, a camper trailer and a dingy and we took a year off and went around Australia and then we just kept going.

    Did you have a say in whether or not Drew was killed off?

    Yeah. They said to me that obviously if I was killed off that I couldn’t come back. And I said, ‘You know what? I think I need the door shut because I know that when the money runs out that I’m going to want to come back.’ I needed to do other things in life and at the time that felt really right.

    Drew’s funeral was a real tear jerker. Do you remember where you were when it aired?

    By the time it came on air I was up at the tip of Cape York, wearing a daggy hat and carrying a camera. I was so fascinated with landscape photography at the time and in my mind I wasn’t even on the same planet. I saw and heard none of it.

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    What did you do after Neighbours?

    I went back to Melbourne after doing a year around the county and did some auditions and got a couple of small roles and then I realised, I think I need to be in the country, so I went back to Esperance in Western Australia. And that’s where I am nowadays with my partner on 10 acres of land and a couple of kids. My boys are eight and four and they’re little creatures of the earth, that’s for sure.

    And now you’re a professional photographer?

    Yeah. The first thing I did when I got a job on Neighbours was save my money and buy a nice camera. I just love photography. It started off as landscape and now I work a lot with marketing companies in Perth.

    In two days I’m heading up north to do a photo shoot for tourism and I just got back from a two-week trip for Tourism WA. Most of my work is actually doing video now and that’s pretty much what I’ve been doing professionally since Neighbours. Life is great at the moment.

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    Maxine Klibingatis 1964 - 2023. We regrettably announce that actress Maxine Klibingaitis has passed away today. Maxine played the much-loved character of Bobbie Mitchell in Prisoner, Terri Inglis in Neighbours and many other roles in Australian TV

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    Troy Beckwith has died

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    Quote Originally Posted by lizann View Post
    Troy Beckwith has died
    Articles:

    Neighbours star Troy Beckwith dies: actor who played Michael Martin dead at 48
    Neighbours legend Troy Beckwith has died at the age of 48 with his soap co-stars confirming the news on social media

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebri...bours-31986211


    Neighbours star Troy Beckwith ?dies aged 48? as co-star shares ?pain? in heartfelt tribute

    https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/28/neigh...o=newsnow-feed



    Vale: Troy Beckwith
    Actor Troy Beckwith, best known for Neighbours, has died.

    https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/01/val...-beckwith.html

    Actor Troy Beckwith, best known for Neighbours, has died aged 48.

    Former cast mates posted on social media indicating he died on January 24, but a cause of death has not been announced.

    Beckwith played Martin Martin from 1992 to 1998 (pictured above) replacing Samuel Hammington who appeared as a younger version in 1985.

    Kym Valentine, who played Libby Kennedy, wrote: ?It pains me so much to have to say this. Our dear old friend Troy Beckwith has passed away. Another member of our TV family [has] gone way too soon.

    She added: ?Thanks for all the memories my cheeky mate and all my love to your friends and family.?

    Former casting director Jan Russ posted: ?Dear Troy? That is so sad. Gorgeous boy.?

    Brett Blewitt who played Brett Stark, wrote: ? He was such a lovely person. Deeply thoughtful and empathetic. Cheeky and playful once out of his shell. Way too soon. Love you mate.?

    Lucinda Cowden also posted a string of broken heart emojis.

    Beckwith, who also featured in Pugwall, Blue Heelers, Pugwall, The Miraculous Mellops, Good Guys Bad Guys, Snowy and Halifax f.p., made headlines in 2017 when he vanished for several days before being located.

    There will be no funeral as per his final wishes.

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