Baywatch star Michael Newman lifeless at age 68

Hollywood actor Michael Newman has died at the age of 68. 

He was best known for his role as a lifeguard on the hit TV series Baywatch which also starred Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra.

And the actor also starred on Baywatch for three episodes in 1996. 

Newman passed away due to complications related to Parkinson’s Disease, according to PageSix. He was first diagnosed with the crippling diseases in 2006 at the age of 50.

Newman was the only Baywatch actor who had worked as a lifeguard in real life. 

Hollywood actor Michael Newman has died at the age of 68. He was best known for his role as a lifeguard on the hit TV series Baywatch which also starred Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra 

Michael is seen center at top, just above David Hasselhoff

He appeared on 150 episodes of the show, which was the most of anyone else on the show, except for the show’s main star David Hasselhoff.

The actor was also a full-time firefighter while starring on Baywatch. 

His struggle with Parkinson’s disease was mentioned on the recent documentary Baywatch: Moment in the Sun.

‘This terminal disease has allowed me a lot of thinking time, which I maybe didn’t want, but it’s brought me wisdom,’ Newman told People in August.

‘My body has changed so slowly that I hardly notice it, yet I am constantly reminded that Parkinson’s has now become the center of my life,’ he added.

He appeared on 150 episodes of the show, which was the most of anyone else on the show, except for the show’s main star David Hasselhoff

Newman also said, ‘I am cherishing the days that I get to be on this earth with family and friends. I’m taking life seriously.’ 

He shared that the words he lives by are, ‘It’s not a run-through.’

Baywatch aired from 1989 until 2001; it had many spinoffs and a movie with Priyanka Chopra. 

Newman appeared in the 1999 movie Enemy Action with costars C Thomas Howell and Louis Mandylor.

The thriller was about two Air Force officers who are after a stolen high tech smart bomb.

Newman attending the premiere of After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun in August

Douglas Schwartz, Michael Berk, Ingrid Walter, Carmen Electra, Matthew Felker, Jeremy Jackson, Nancy Valen, Michael Bergin, Brandy Ledford, Michael Newman, Erika Eleniak, Alexandra Paul, Jaason Simmons, Nicole Eggert, Traci Bingham and David Chokachi