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Beloved Australian TV icon known for her role in famed kids' show dies after health struggle


Marilyn Mayo, a much-loved Australian TV star with a career spanning decades, has died on Tuesday morning.

The sad news was shared to social media on behalf of Mayo's family by Craig Bennett, showbiz reporter and a friend of the late icon. The show, which went to air live, and ran in the breakfast slot, featured skits, cartoons, an emu puppet and an actor dressed as a life size chicken who was called 'Wing Ding'. Late in her career she was cast in guest roles in series' including Home and Away, the original Heartbreak High, E Street and Water Rats.

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