SOLDIER, Soldier star Marise Wipani has died aged 61.
The actress – who also appeared in Xena: Warrior Princess and was a former Miss New Zealand – passed away on her birthday on Friday (June 6).
A post on her Facebook page said: “Marise passed peacefully today on her 61st birthday surrounded by family and friends.
“She just wanted to say….I have shuffled off this mortal coil. Good byyye, good luuuck, good God!!! Quote from Driving Miss Daisy.”
A cause of death was not revealed.
