This Morning: Guy Pearce on his Neighbours return
Neighbours star Guy Pearce has shared the devasting news that his mum has died following a battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
The Australian actor and musician took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share a tribute to his mother, Anne Cocking, with his 76,900 followers.
Sharing a series of photos of Anne, Guy, 55, wrote: “Lost my beautiful Mum today. ‘Kicked the bucket’, as she would say.
“What a sharp, fierce & witty woman Anne was until Alzheimer’s struck in 2010.
“It’s been a long & winding road. A fitting song 4 ur departure Mum. Tracy & I will miss u enormously. We’ll always love u XX.” (sic)
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Fans took to the comments to offer their condolences.
DavidArcherNI wrote: “Am so sorry to hear of your Mum Guy! Alzheimer’s is truly horrible. My condolences to you and family. Peace now in mind and body.”
Veefeeley also shared her condolences saying: “So sorry for your huge loss.She was beautiful, and you’re a credit to her and your Dad. Life is never the same without your Mum”
And Dixie_Nix added: “I’m so sorry for your loss Guy.Your mum was beautiful. The north east of England certainly made the best mums. Thinking of you at this difficult time and sending lots of love”
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One of the images Guy shared was of his mother on her wedding day.
Originally from County Durham, Anne married Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot and RAF test pilot Stuart Pearce.
He died in an aircraft accident in 1975 when Guy was seven years old.
Guy has spoken previously about his close relationship with his mother and sister Tracy, who has a learning disability called Cornelia de Lange syndrome.
During a 2018 interview with The Guardian, he explained how his mother supported his dreams of acting.
He also credited his family for keeping him grounded, saying: “I can’t genuinely go: ‘Yay, fame, great!’ knowing that there are people like my sister and other people who can’t function in the way they want to in the world.
“That keeps things in perspective for me. Fame, to me, is completely out of whack.”
Guy was just 18 when he landed a role in the Australian soap Neighbours. He played Mike Young, who was the best friend of Jason Donovan’s Scott Robinson and his love interest Charlene Mitchell who was played by Kylie Minogue.
He left Ramsay Street in 1989 and went on to enjoy a career in Hollywood, starring in films including LA Confidential, The King’s Speech, Iron Man 3 and The Time Machine.
He reprised his role as Mike in 2022 when he appeared for the show’s final episodes before it was axed by Channel 5. However, the show has found a new home and a revival of Neighbours will be on Amazon FreeVee later this year.
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