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Australian filmmaker Sarah Watt dies from bone cancer, aged 53
Published Monday, Nov 7 2011, 02:34 GMT | By Rebecca Davies | 1 comment
Look Both Ways director Sarah Watt has lost her battle with bone cancer aged 53.
The award-winning Australian filmmaker, who was married to SeaChange actor William McInnes, passed away at her Melbourne home on Friday (November 4) surrounded by her family including children Clem, 18, and 13-year-old Stella.
The family posted a notice in The Age saying that Watt "died peacefully at home filled with the love she gave to those who adored her - her family". They also commended her for her "courage, humour, intelligence, generosity, honesty and grace".
Watt revealed that she had breast cancer in 2005 and was then diagnosed with secondary bone cancer in 2009 after discovering a sore area around her ribs.
McInnes wrote and released a book entitled Worse Things Happen At Sea earlier this year. He said: "It's a book about saying goodbye to people and realising that s**t things happen for no reason sometimes."
Actor Andrew Gilbert said of Watt: "I think she just had an ability to see in the mundane or in the normal what was going on beneath the surface and to capture it... making stories and narratives out of them and combining them into something unique."
Earlier this year, Watt said: "I hope when my time comes I'll be at home. William will be there, and offer me a cup of tea, and when he's making it I will drift off into a nap, then into the longest nap. And William will bring the tea back and it won't be sad."
The award-winning Australian filmmaker, who was married to SeaChange actor William McInnes, passed away at her Melbourne home on Friday (November 4) surrounded by her family including children Clem, 18, and 13-year-old Stella.
The family posted a notice in The Age saying that Watt "died peacefully at home filled with the love she gave to those who adored her - her family". They also commended her for her "courage, humour, intelligence, generosity, honesty and grace".
Watt revealed that she had breast cancer in 2005 and was then diagnosed with secondary bone cancer in 2009 after discovering a sore area around her ribs.
McInnes wrote and released a book entitled Worse Things Happen At Sea earlier this year. He said: "It's a book about saying goodbye to people and realising that s**t things happen for no reason sometimes."
Actor Andrew Gilbert said of Watt: "I think she just had an ability to see in the mundane or in the normal what was going on beneath the surface and to capture it... making stories and narratives out of them and combining them into something unique."
Earlier this year, Watt said: "I hope when my time comes I'll be at home. William will be there, and offer me a cup of tea, and when he's making it I will drift off into a nap, then into the longest nap. And William will bring the tea back and it won't be sad."
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