Paul Mullert, who grew up with the actor in the western Australian city, recalled to the Australian Times how Heath was “the quintessential Australian, who loved nothing more [than] slipping on a pair of boardies and his [flip-flops] and heading to Cottesloe Beach.”

The actor even talked about the beach during a visit to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2002, while promoting his film, The Four Feathers. The story, in which he detailed a man being attacked by a shark, strangely earned laughs from Jay and the audience.

Let’s hope that Heath is resting in peace now…he sure deserves it.

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