Charmaine Dragun

Charmaine Dragun, an Australian news anchor, was found dead after jumping off a cliff called The Gap in Australia. Her death was an apparent suicide. According to a news report following her death it was revealed that Dragun was undergoing treatment for depression and had recently changed medication. Estelle Dragun, her mother, told ABC's Australian Story that Charmaine had struggled with Anorexia.

Dragun, a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, began her career as a radio journalist, working in the newsrooms at Perth's 6PR and 96FM stations earning her a nomination for Young Journalist Of The Year. After moving to Ten, she turned to court reporting and filled in as Ten News presenter over the summers of 2003 and 2004 before being appointed permanent news anchor for Perth's Ten News at Five on July 4, 2005.

• BBC News: 'Brave battle' of late newsreader (November 4, 2007)

• The Daily Telegraph: Tributes for Channel Ten newsreader Charmaine Dragun (November 3, 2007)

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