The beloved Australian actor died on 7 December after a battle with chronic illness
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McLeod’s Daughters and Home and Away actor Rachael Carpani has died, aged 45, her family has announced.
A statement from her parents, shared by her sister on Instagram on Monday, said that the actor had “unexpectedly but peacefully passed away after a long battle with chronic illness in the early hours of Sunday 7th December”. Her exact cause of death was not made public.
Carpani was best known for her role as Jodi Fountain on the long-running Australian TV series McLeod’s Daughters, for which she was nominated for two Logie awards. More recently, she joined the cast of Home and Away, playing mysterious Summer Bay newcomer Claudia Salini.
