Erin Jayne Plummer

Plummer's heartbroken loved ones have since shared that the star took her own life following a long battle with her mental health and that she had not been ...

She hated nothing more than being a burden. ‘For two decades, Erin Jayne’s been a friendly and familiar face on Australian telly and for a lot of that, she’s been brightening up our mornings with her bubbly personality and mega-watt smile.’ Plummer’s heartbroken loved ones have since shared that the star took her own life following a long battle with her mental health and that she had not been herself.

Friends have told how the popular Studio 10 host had been struggling before her death, aged just 42 years old.

I smile just thinking of her beautiful soul and enormous smile”. I will forever miss your boundless energy, effervescent personality and the incredible light you brought into everyone’s lives,” she wrote. Another friend of Plummer wrote: “Every second of her life was full of energy, love, fun and enthusiasm. “I wish we had found her a way through,” a friend said. Erin’s father Peter Gard told how her daughters had been her “little mini versions” of the presenter and her daughter Jazzy had even followed her footsteps into swimming. “I want to share her pain,’ one friend wrote.

The cause of death for 'Studio 10' star Erin Jayne Plummer, who died over the weekend aged 42, has now been confirmed.

We will miss your sunshine around the studio Erin Jayne and all of us here are sending lots of love and strength to her family, you’ll be very missed.” Harris continued, “Erin was just a gorgeous human inside and out, and if it wasn’t for TV perhaps Erin Jayne might have had a sporting career. If you or someone you know are affected by the following story, you are not alone.