Clive James was one of the many celebrities who have made a cameo appearance in Neighbours with a walk-on role back in the nineties.
The Australian-born star has died at the age of 80 after a long battle with leukaemia, his agents have confirmed.
He enjoyed a career spanning five decades as a newspaper columnist, primetime TV host and author of poetry books and several autobiographies.
But he once admitted that one of his career highlights was his brief appearance as a postman on the Aussie soap in 1996.
Years after the cameo, Clive said it was the "biggest audience I've ever reached".
Script writer Helen MacWhirter said of his performance: "Clive's such a spunk. From what I can recall though, I think I wrote a lot more for his character than what eventually appeared on the screen, so I'd say some of Clive's best work may have ended up on the cutting room floor.
"He didn't do too badly – although I don't think he'll be hearing the words 'And the Oscar goes to…' anytime in the near future."
Clive later praised Neighbours creator Reg Grundy for seeing that Ramsey Street's red brick bungalow cul-de-sac was the "desiderata that everybody in the world wanted".
News of the Aussie-born telly star's death broke this afternoon and was confirmed by his agents.
A statement was released by United Agents on behalf of Clive James' Family, revealing he passed away at his home in Cambridge on Sunday.
A private funeral was later held for close friends and family.
The statement explained: "Clive James, poet, critic and broadcaster, died at his home in Cambridge on Sunday 24th November 2019.
"A private funeral attended by family and close friends took place in the chapel at Pembroke College, Cambridge on Wednesday 27th November.
"Clive died almost ten years after his first terminal diagnosis, and one month after he laid down his pen for the last time."
