EXCLUSIVE
The husband of Aussie TV presenter Erin Jayne Plummer has tragically died in a suspected self-harm incident – just two years after he lost his wife to suicide.
Alan Plummer, 49, was found dead at the family’s Freshwater home, in Sydney’s northern beaches, on Saturday, leaving the couple’s three daughters orphaned.
A source familiar with the situation described the incident as ‘tragic’.
‘Officers from Northern Beaches Police Area Command will prepare a report for the information of the Coroner regarding the death of a 49-year-old man at Freshwater on Saturday,’ a NSW Police spokesperson said.
Alan was the former director of a now-defunct company called Shine VIP Tours PTY LTD.
The tragedy comes just two months after he sold the family’s four-bedroom home, which they had owned for more than two decades, in a private settlement before auction.
The Freshwater property, which was purchased by the Plummers for $675,000 in 2002, was initially listed for sale in March this year.
Erin, a former host for Studio 10, was just 42 when she died in May, 2022, following a battle with mental illness.
She was also a presenter for Aerobics Oz Style for six years. The instructional aerobics TV series, which aired from 1982 to 2005, had a global audience of 40 million people at its peak and was broadcast in more than 80 countries.
In addition to her TV career, Erin was an accomplished synchronised swimmer who represented at three world championships and won 11 national titles.
She was thrust into the spotlight at a young age when she was scouted at Sydney’s Manly Beach and cast in a tourism campaign that aired on NBC in America.
But it was her role as a professional spruiker for which she was best known.
During her career hosting advertorials, she appeared on Studio 10, TVSN, Mornings with Kerri-Anne and The Morning Show, and earned the nickname ‘The Danoz Girl’.
Over the years, she promoted everything from massage chairs and workout programs to slimming jeans and steam mops.
When she wasn’t in front of the camera, Erin also did countless voice-overs for TV.
Following her death, a GoFundMe launched to help the Plummer family with hiring a gardener and housekeeper to ‘keep the household running’ raised almost $28,000.
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