Home and Away’s Laura Vazquez shares unseen photos of co-star Dieter Brummer as she says her ‘final goodbyes’ following his tragic suicide
Laura Vazquez has paid tribute to her late friend Dieter Brummer.
The actors starred on Home and Away together in the 1990s, and on Saturday, Laura, 45, shared a gallery of photos of the pair as teenagers.
Laura played Sarah Thompson on the long-running soap from 1993 to 1995, and now works as the Channel Seven show’s lead makeup artist.
Loss: Home and Away star Laura Vazquez has shared a moving tribute to her ‘dear friend’ and former co-star Dieter Brummer after the actor’s death at age 45. Pictured together in the ’90s
In one photo, Laura and Dieter share a warm embrace as she planted a kiss on his cheek.
Looking every inch the nineties heartthrob, Dieter wore a leather jacket and Lakers cap while beaming for the camera.
In a second image, the pair are pictured posing alongside their co-stars Tina Thomsen and Ryan Clark, after wrapping a long day of filming.
Memories: A second photograph shared to her Instagram account sees the pair posing alongside their co-stars Tina Thomsen and Ryan Clark, after wrapping a long day of filming
Tribute: ‘Today was special. Remembering, honouring and saying our final goodbyes to our dear friend. Gone but forever in our hearts Dieter,’ she captioned the heartbreaking post
She wrote in her caption: ‘Today was special ❤️ Remembering, honouring and saying our final goodbyes to our dear friend. Gone but forever in our hearts Dieter.’
Laura’s sweet post comes two weeks after the actor was found dead at a home in Sydney’s Glenhaven on July 24.
Brummer was best known for playing Shane Parrish in Home And Away, and was famously involved in a romantic storyline with Melissa George in the nineties.
Loss: The former teen heartthrob was found dead at a home in Sydney’s Glenhaven on July 24. Dieter is pictured in 2010
The star, who had in recent years switched professions to high rise window washing, was 45.
His death is not being treated and suspicious and believed to have been a suicide.
Following the news of his passing, Brummer’s family released a statement saying their world would ‘never be the same’.
‘We lost our handsome, talented, funny, complicated and beloved Dieter on Saturday morning. He has left a massive hole in our lives,’ they said.
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Heights: The star, who had in recent years switched professions to high rise window washing, was 45. Dieter is pictured recently
Star: Brummer was best known for playing Shane Parrish in Home And Away, and was famously involved in a romantic storyline with Melissa George in the nineties. Pictured in 1993