Johnny Ruffo: Australian singer and Home and Away actor dies aged 35 - BBC News

The actor and singer rose to fame on X Factor Australia and had battled brain cancer for six years.

11 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, SydneyAustralian television star and singer Johnny Ruffo has died aged 35, after a battle with brain cancer.

Ruffo rose to fame on reality show X Factor Australia, before turning to acting in soap Home and Away.

After his diagnosis in 2017, he contributed to efforts to raise funding and awareness about brain cancer in Australia.

He died on Friday, surrounded by loved ones, his family said in a statement on his Instagram page.

"He battled all the way to the end and fought as hard as he could," it read.

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