14 Aussie TV Character Deaths That You'll Never Ever Get Over

    Australia needs a national day of mourning for Patrick Reid.

    Tahlia Pritchard
    by Tahlia Pritchard

    BuzzFeed Staff, Australia

    We recently asked members of BuzzFeed Community to share the most heartbreaking character's death on Australian TV. Here are the emotional answers.

    1. Patrick Reid - Offspring

    Channel 10

    "I'll never forget Patrick's death. I had just become a Mum for the first time so I was pretty emotional and sleep deprived to begin with, and there was Nina. She'd just given birth and her baby's father had died and I couldn't imagine not having my baby's father around at that point. I bawled my eyes out and needing consoling - over a fictional character!" - Submitted by Alicia Teuma (Facebook).

    2. Molly Jones - A Country Practice

    Channel 7

    "Has to be when Molly died on A Country Practice; one of the most moving pieces on Australian television ever. The way it was directed, the music score and how they never really showed she died just the screen faded to black and then you hear Shane Withington scream out her name... still moves me today." - Submitted by Grant Hannah (Facebook).

    3. Claire McLeod - McLeod's Daughters

    Channel 9

    "Definitely Claire from McLeod's Daughters every time I watch that scene I bawl my eyes out. It is so sad, especially when Tess is trying to save Charlotte while finding a way to save Claire at the same time. Then boom Claire just drops off the cliff and it's all over." - Submitted by vanessan4decc8d79

    4. Melissa Rafter - Packed To The Rafters

    Channel 7

    "When Mel died on Packed to the Rafters, oh my god I’m still not over it!" - Submitted by goodrobotkat.

    5. Lou Jackson Paige - Love My Way

    Fox 8

    "Definitely when Lou died on Love My Way. I was ugly Kim Kardashian crying when I was watching it. And the next day at work I had to pretend someone I really knew had died as my eyes were far too puffy and bloodshot to admit I had cried that much over a TV show…" - Submitted by oompaloompy

    6. Casey Braxton - Home and Away

    Channel 7

    "I literally still randomly cry about Casey Braxton from Home and Away. I will just be out grocery shopping, and suddenly think 'why did Casey have to die?! Brax has already lost Charlie, the love of his life!! But seeing his baby brother die too?!'"- Submitted by Tru Sutton (Facebook).

    7. Mitch Stevens - All Saints

    Channel 7

    "Mitch from All Saints... 'There wasn't a day you weren't in my heart, and there never will be.'" - Submitted by Emily Duncan (Facebook).

    8. Belle Taylor - Home and Away

    Channel 7

    "Belle's death from Home and Away. The way Aden cried whilst holding her lifeless body killed me in a way I had never been killed before." - Submitted by cupcakesandblanketcoats.

    9. Maggie Doyle - Blue Heelers

    Channel 7

    "OK so it was like a decade ago and I'm still not over Maggie Doyle's death." - Submitted by James Daniels (Facebook).

    10. Sammy Lieberman - Dance Academy

    ABC3

    "Sammy from Dance Academy. I’ve watched it four times and I cry every time. I get teary eyed just thinking about it. I always feel like I lost a real life friend. It’s almost like getting your heart ripped out of your chest and then crushed to a million little pieces." - Submitted by katies4a2c6332c.

    11. Aunt Peg - Please Like Me

    ABC

    "Aunt Peg from Please Like Me, mostly because there was no warning. How were we supposed to prepare?!" - Submitted by sienap2.

    12. Noah Lawson - Home and Away

    Channel 7

    "OK this was a long time ago, Beau Brady’s character in Home and Away, he was shot by a crazy redhead (nothing against redheads, that’s just all I remember about her). I played that Kate Alexa song for years and remembered my first TV death and how it broke my heart." - Submitted by DakoteRae.

    13. Todd Landers - Neighbours

    Channel 10

    "Todd Landers from Neighbours! I was a wee thing of about 7 or 8 and I don’t even think Todd was that great a guy if I remember correctly, but he was so hot. Then he died in a car crash like a right bastard and I remember Alan Dale’s character gave the bad news to some people and now when I see him all I can think is RIP my tiny heart that day." - Submitted by theunnaturaldisaster.

    14. Josh Waverly - City Homicide

    Channel 7

    "Josh Waverly from City Homicide. Watching him die literally made me sob for hours - he was only a teenager and didn’t deserve to be murdered that way." - Submitted by steph1512.

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