David Hasselhoff Mourns Baywatch Costar Michael Newman

David Hasselhoff is remembering his late Baywatch costar, Michael Newman.

“Newman was a warrior … he actually saved my life no less than 4 occasions,” the Mitch Buchanan actor wrote alongside a photograph of him and Newman on the Baywatch set through Instagram late Tuesday, October 22. “He did the switch from the scarab to jet skis a number of occasions completely. What a tremendous man. He was by no means afraid of the water. I keep in mind directing him in a couple of episodes and he was actually good. He turned an awesome actor. We’ll all miss him.”

“RIP to the one and solely @newmiefish,” commented Jeremy Jackson, who performed Hobie Buchanan, Mitch’s son on the favored lifeguard drama.

Newman died Sunday, October 20, on the age of 68, practically twenty years after he was identified with Parkinson’s illness in 2006.

Individuals reported that Newman died “from coronary heart issues,” including that he was “surrounded by his household and pals.”

“I bought to see Mike the final time he was acutely aware and he seemed [at] me and in typical Mike vogue mentioned, ‘You’re simply in time,’” Newman’s good friend Matt Felker advised the outlet.

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Newman appeared on Baywatch for 10 seasons from 1989 to 2000. His character, Newmie, was based mostly loosely on himself since he was the one actual lifeguard within the forged. He was not initially a featured actor on the motion drama, however after he started performing stunts and providing steering to the writers about rescue scenes, he turned invaluable.

“I used to be too helpful for them to do away with me,” he advised Individuals in 2023. “I principally began off as a stuntman, and after seven years of being out of the opening credit, I lastly was anointed and allowed to be within the entrance of the present.”

Newman was identified with Parkinson’s illness in 2006 after his household and pals observed him slowing down regardless of all the time being very athletic. “Every part modifications,” he advised Individuals about coping with the situation in January. “All these issues that you just thought you have been going to do together with your youngsters and grandchildren, photos we have been going to take, all of the plans I had … stopped.”

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“It’s a gradual burn,” Newman added of the development of his sickness. “Parkinson’s illness doesn’t watch for you. It retains on plowing in.”

Newman is survived by his spouse, Sarah, the couple’s two youngsters, son Chris and daughter Emily, and their granddaughter, Charlie.