ABC remembers Charmaine Dragun
Australian Story’s feature on Charmaine Dragun will air Monday April 28.
Highly respected for its insightful profiles, the long-running series speaks to some of the Channel TEN newsreaders closest friends and family for the piece.
Last year Australian Story won high praise for its piece on Belinda Emmett.
Dragun had a long battle with depression prior to her death in November.
Press Release:
Charmaine Dragun was young, beautiful, in love, and seemingly led the glamorous life of a commercial TV network newsreader.
She presented the hour-long Perth evening news with Tim Webster from the Channel 10 studios in Sydney.
Then, on the afternoon of Friday November 2, 2007, Charmaine committed suicide at the notorious Sydney clifftop The Gap after a decade-long struggle with depression. She was 29.
Sydney locals spotted her sitting at The Gap as just a “figure in the distance” beyond a lookout barrier. She had been due to read Channel 10’s Perth news just hours later.
Australian Story airs 8pm Monday April 28 and will be repeated on ABC2 - Tuesday, April 29 at 8:00pm.
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I’ve been to “The Gap” recently, and it was unsettling knowing that Charmaine (among countless others) had died there.
If I don’t forget, I’ll definately want to tune in.