Deaths

It's often said that Summer Bay must be one of Australia's most dangerous towns, what with the number of natural disasters and it's high mortality rate. Though perhaps if you became a full term resident of the bay, you'd find yourself making it to a ripe age. Unlike the Births and Marriages lists, over three quarters of the deaths in Summer Bay have actually been those of guest characters.

Here we list all those who have died in and out of Summer Bay - an entry shaded in green denotes a character was part of the main cast, either at the time of their death or during a previous tenure.

	Kerry Barlow Episode 65 1988	Accidentally shot in a siege by her husband Sam Barlow
	Alan Fisher Episode 160 1988	Brain aneurysm
	Gary Samuels Episode 212 1988	Fell from a cliff whilst playing a prank on Carly
	Philip Matheson Episode 293 1989	Died in a fire at Celia's store started by Dodge
	Andrew Foley Snr. Episode 302 1989	Emphysema (off-screen)
	Rory Heywood Episode 438 1989	Shark attack
	Tom Fletcher Episode 525 1990	Heart attack at the wheel of his car
	Alec Gibson Episode 772 1991	Heart attack
	David Croft Episode 838 1991	Car accident caused by Karen Dean
	Meg Bowman Episode 975 1992	Leukaemia
	Dale Ross Episode 1221 1993	Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
	Bobby Marshall Episode 1304 1993	Head injuries sustained in a speedboat accident
	Laura Bonetti Episode 1665 1995	Hit by a train whilst running over a level crossing
	Seaplane Pilot Episode 1716 1995	Injuries sustained in the seaplane crash
	Milan Krajacek Episode 1716 1995	Injuries sustained in the seaplane crash
	Coral King Episode 1722 1995	Stroke (off-screen)
	Murdoch Roberts c. Episode 1764 1995	Murdered by Dodge by a blow to the head (off-screen)
	Elizabeth Clarke Episode 1785 1995	Terminal illness
	Rick Episode 1813 1995	Extradural haemmorhage after a car accident
	Shane Parrish Episode 1878 1996	Septicemia
	Peter Moss Episode 1888 1996	Car accident
	Michael Ross Episode 1912 1996	Drowned in the river after saving Sam Marshall
	Colin Parker Episode 1973 1996	Shot by Max Richards after being framed as Chloe's rapist
	Stephanie Mboto Episode 2120 1997	Fell off a cliff
	Isobel Dupré Episode 2138 1997	Cancer (off-screen)
	Wendy Bachelor Episode 2151 1997	Died in the fire at Saul's commune
	Cathryn Barnes Episode 2210 1997	Car accident (off-screen)
	Saul Bennett Episode 2267 1997	Shot by Constable Terri Garner
	Kylie Burton Episode 2439 1998	Drug overdose in jail (off-screen)
	Brian Matthews Episode 2548 1999	Fell off a building whilst graffitting
	Ruby Collins Episode 2628 1999	Shaken Baby Syndrome, as a result of her father's abuse.
	Lachie Fraser Episode 2644 1999	Brain hemmorhage in the US (off-screen)
	Byron Fisher Episode 2753 1999	Liver Cancer whilst receiving treatment in the US (off-screen)
	Charlie Nicholas Episode 2800 2000	Compartment Syndrome following a car accident
	Sarah MacKay Episode 2837 2000	Drowned whilst sheltering in a stormwater drain
	Ken Smith Episode 2885 2000	Crushed underneath a car when a jack slipped
	Alicia Campbell Episode 2909 2000	Fell off a cliff
	Gavin Campbell Episode 2921 2000	Crushed in the Stewart House during the mudslide rescue operation
	Ailsa Stewart Episode 2960 2000	Heart attack
	Dennis Scott Episode 2980 2000	Committed suicide in his car (off-screen)
	Anna Miller Episode 3085 2001	Leukaemia
	Miles Alcott Episode 3180 2001	Car accident
	Charlotte Adams Episode 3357 2002	Complications following a near-drowning
	Grigg Episode 3409 2002	Found dead in Don Fisher's car after stealing it. (off-screen)
	Angie Russell Episode 3490 2003	Fell and hit her head during an argument with son Dylan
	Troy Episode 3503 2003	Drug overdose
	Matt Owen Episode 3616 2003	Motorbike accident after stealing Noah's bike from Seb (off-screen)
	Eloise Lennox Episode 3641 2003	Leukaemia
	Sue Campbell Episode 3685 2004	Murdered by her husband whilst diving, made to look like an accident. (off-screen)
	Felix Walters Episode 3764 2004	Accidental Crystal Meth overdose by Sarah Lewis (off-screen)
	Noah Lawson Episode 3805 2004	Shot by Sarah Lewis
	Sarah Lewis Episode 3805 2004	Shot herself after killing Noah
	Viv 'The Guv' Standish Episode 3852 2004	Heart Failure
	Owen Dalby Episode 3857 2004	Heart attack during a fight with his son Ric. (off-screen)
	Zoe McCallister c.Episode 3871 2005	Revealed in 3952 to have been killed by Eve Jacobsen, who took on her identity. (off-screen)
	Benny 'Red' Barron Episode 3890 2005	Seaplane Crash caused by the Summer Bay stalker
	Marc Edwards Episode 3930 2005	Beaten with a crowbar by the Summer Bay stalker
	Laura McPherson Episode 3953 2005	Body found after the warehouse explosion, wrongly identified as Eve Jacobsen
	Joy Foxton Episode 3947 2005	Stroke
	Jim Wallace Episode 3967 2005	Found dead in a river before he could give a statement about Josie's past (off-screen)
	Chloe Richards Episode 4001 2005	Embolism after a car accident
	Leo Simms Episode 4034 2005	Fell and hit his head whilst holding onto Amanda's car
	Alison Free Episode 4050 2005	Car accident (off-screen)
	Flynn Saunders Episode 4121 2006	Stage 4 melanoma
	Graham Walters Episode 4135 2006	Life support turned off by Robbie Hunter following a heart attack
	Josh West Episode 4150 2006	Accidentally shot in a struggle with Barry Hyde
	Doris McKinnon Episode 4199 2006	Accidental overdose of morphine given by her grandson Charlie
	Eve Jacobsen Episode 4211 2006	Injuries received in the barn explosion
	Tracey Thompson Episode 4211 2006	Injuries received in the barn explosion
	Elaine Armstrong Episode 4212 2006	Heart attack following the barn explosion
	Emily Armstrong Episode 4274 2006	Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
	Dennis Gillen Episode 4296 2006	Shot by Peter Baker
	Rocco Cooper Episode 4347 2007	Embolism after being beaten by Johnny's henchmen
	Clyde Dale Episode 4370 2007	Head injury during a struggle with Ethan Black
	Beth Hunter Episode 4401 2007	Car accident
	Shane Deeks Episode 4468 2007	Car accident after a high speed police pursuit
	Lisa Duffy Episode 4491 2007	Head injuries sustained in car accident during a drag race
	Bruce Campbell Episode 4525 2007	Heart attack
	Colin Marshall Episode 4532 2007	Shot by George Watson
	Rev. John Hall Episode 4574 2008	Brain Tumour
	Dan Baker Episode 4579 2008	Abseiling accident in the US (off-screen)
	Johnny Cooper Episode 4590 2008	Potassium overdose after Sam Holden sabotaged his syringe
	Sam Holden Episode 4610 2008	Heroin overdose (suicide)
	Axel Hay Episode 4680 2008	Knocked off his scooter by Larry Jefferies' car
	Arthur Clay Episode 4728 2008	Stroke (off-screen)
	Joe Morton Episode 4738 2008	Virus whilst fighting Bone Cancer (off-screen)
	Eric Nobbs Episode 4766 2008	Murdered by Tim Coleman at the development site
	Jack Holden Episode 4770 2008	Shot accidentally by Angelo Rosetta
	Audrey Long Episode 4799 2009	Stroke (off-screen)
	Lou de Bono Episode 4848 2009	Shot by Derrick Quaid & thrown overboard by Hugo Austin (seen in flashbacks in 4996)
	Belle Taylor Episode 4916 2009	Bowel Cancer
	Grant Bledcoe Episode 4942 2009	Stabbed by Ross Buckton
	Larry Jefferies Episode 5035 2010	Car accident (seen in flashbacks in 5065)
	'Killer' Smith Episode 5090 2010	Shot by Snr Detective Eaves in custody
	Hayley Doven Episode 5115 2010	Postpartum Hemmorhage
	Mitzy Fraser Episode 5179 2010	Stroke brought on by brain tumour
	Penn Graham Episode 5185 2010	Stabbed by Will Smith
	Ross Buckton c.Episode 5216 2011	Alzheimer's disease (off-screen)
	Thabo Manthenga Episode 5256 2011	Cardiac arrest following a heart operation
	Tegan Callahan Episode 5379 2011	Injuries sustained from car accident during the great storm
	Harman 'Hammer' Pirovic Episode 5386 2011	Shot by Charlie Buckton
	Charlie Buckton Episode 5437 2012	Shot by Jake Pirovic
	Stu Henderson Episode 5444 2012	Head injury after being pushed by Sasha Bezmel in self-defence (seen in flashbacks in 5466)
	Liz James c.Episode 5529 2012	Drug overdose (body discovered in 5531)
	Danny Braxton Episode 5585 2012	Shot by Casey Braxton
	Rocco Scott-Braxton Episode 5620 2012	Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
	Gina Palmer Episode 5725 2013	Brain aneurysm
	Romeo Smith Episode 5845 2013	Stage 4 melanoma (off-screen)
	Ethan MacGuire Episode 5886 2014	Injuries sustained in hospital bomb explosion
	Jess Lockwood Episode 5955 2014	Stage 4 Chest & Bone cancer (off-screen)
	Casey Braxton Episode 6052 2014	Shot by Jake Pirovic
	Jake Pirovic Episode 6066 2014	Life support turned off by Andy Barrett following a car crash
	Dean Sanderson Episode 6110 2014	Blow to the head by Sam Kennedy
	Bus Driver Episode 6121 2015	Injuries sustained in a bus crash caused by Sophie Taylor
	Tom Knight Episode 6178 2015	Heart failure
	Denny Miller Episode 6281 2015	Blow to the head during a tussle with Charlotte King
	Trystan Powell Episode 6322 2015	Run over by Charlotte King
	Charlotte King Episode 6350 2015	Shot dead in a struggle with Josh Barrett
	Oscar MacGuire Episode 6416 2016	Crushed by a car following a caravan explosion
	Hannah Wilson Episode 6418 2016	Delayed extradural hematoma following a head injury sustained in the caravan explosion
	Atticus Decker Episode 6566 2016	Shot by a member of the Syndicate. Died in hospital the next day.
	Billie Ashford Episode 6597 2017	Lung cancer accelerated by smoke inhalation

Other Off-Screen Deaths

On rare occasions we learn that former main characters have died at some point off-screen in the past, only hearing about it a few years down the line.

	Neville McPhee c.1998	Heart attack (off-screen, revealed in 2000)
	Vinnie Patterson c.September 2008	Farming accident (off-screen, revealed in 2010)

Presumed Dead

Here we list those whose fates are officially unknown, but are likely to be deceased

	Brian 'Dodge' Forbes 1995	Plunged into the sea during a clifftop struggle with Steven Matheson. After an extensive search he was presumed to be dead, but his body was never found.
	Edward Dunglass c. 2001-2010 (off-screen)	Edward was diagnosed with Juvenile Huntington's Disease back in 2000. With the average life-expectancy for a Juvenile HD sufferer being less than 10 years after diagnosis, it's sadly unlikely that Edward is still with us.
	Tom Woods 2006	After being found to be working against Johnny Cooper, Tom mysteriously disappeared. Though Johnny later confessed to his part in Tom's disappaearance, his fate was never confirmed.