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TEN newsreader found dead

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TEN’s Perth newsreader Charmaine Dragun has died after an incident at The Gap in Sydney this afternoon.

“Police are investigating an incident at Watsons Bay,” a police spokesman told the Daily Telegraph.

“Shortly before 4pm a woman, believed to be aged in her 30s, was sitting at Jacob’s Ladder.”

“Police arrived and located the woman deceased at the scene.”

Network TEN has released a statement of condolence.

“Colleagues and friends of Charmaine Dragun, co-presenter of TEN’s Perth News at Five, mourn her tragic passing this afternoon,” CEO Grant Blackley said.

“We are all in a state of shock and sadness at this terrible news.

“Charmaine was a highly intelligent, vibrant and caring person, universally liked and admired by her colleagues.”

“Our deepest sympathies go to her partner, Simon, and her family.

“We are doing what we can to support them and urge everyone to respect their privacy at this time.”

The death is believed to be non-suspicious.

Ms Dragun was 29.

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  2. Police have not commented on the circumstances leading up to the woman’s death, saying only that a member of the public reported a woman was sitting at a harbour’s edge look-out.

    Officers were dispatched but the woman was dead before they could arrive, and the death was considered non-suspicious.
    -Syd Morn Herald.

  4. TEN’s Late News has just concluded in the Eastern states and Deb Knight, Charmaine’s replacement for tonight, made no reference to her tragic passing during the broadcast. While I appreciate the details are sketchy, I would have thought it appropriate to pay tribute to the woman who would normally be in that chair tonight.

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