Dieter Brummer’s mum calls for Australians to help those suffering from mental health issues

Dieter Brummer’s mum has shared a heartwrenching tribute to her son as she partners with Beyond Blue to ensure his death isn’t in vain.

Dieter Brummer’s mum says to many her son was “a star of their favourite television soap” but to her he was her “handsome, talented, funny, complex and beloved Dieter”.

Dawn Brummer, who was unable to return to her Glenhaven home for days after her son was found dead there, said “he has left a massive hole in our lives and our world will never be the same.”

Dieter Brummer, left with Melissa George, and later in his career.

Mrs Brummer has set up a GoFundMe page with all proceeds going to Beyond Blue. She said she hoped to help others like her son who are going through a hard time fighting mental health issues.

“Whilst he has now found peace, we know there are others who are suffering and need help. It is our hope that we can use our collective grief for a positive effect,” she said. “Together, we can raise funds to make a real difference to the lives of those affected by depression and prevent other families feeling as we do now. Please give your support by making a donation in memory of Dieter.”

Dieter Brummer and Logie for Most Popular Actor in 1996.

Brummer, 45, took his own life three weeks ago at his parents’ Glenhaven home, in Sydney’s north west.

In one of Brummer’s last Facebook posts, on July 15, he thanked a friend for securing him some work.

Dieter Brummer shared this image to Facebook not long before his untimely death.

“It’s been a long time since I rescued you and you have finally returned the favour,” Brummer wrote. “I am looking forward to a future working high above Covid which is ‘apparently’ ‘ravaging’ Sydney (sic).”

However two days later that job was shut down after covid restrictions were extended to the construction industry.

Dieter Brummer washing windows in North Sydney.

Brummer became a star at 15 when we was cast as Shane Parrish on TV soap Home And Away.

He appeared in a total of 557 episodes of Home And Away, winning Most Popular Actor at the Logie Awards in 1995 and 1996.

However, he asked to be written out of the show amid rumours that he did not get along well with his co-star Melissa George, who played his on-screen wife, Angel.

Dieter Brummer, Melissa George, Matt Doiran and Laura Vasquez on Home And Away.

Brummer felt like he needed to go and get what he felt was a real job.

“It was a pretty intense time coming out of high school to receive all this fame and adulation. As great as it was I wanted to prove to myself I could get my hands dirty and sweat for a buck as easily as standing around on set, being primped and preened,” he told TV Tonight

Brummer said he always meant to return to acting but it took him awhile with many casting directors unable to see him as anyone but Home And Away’s Shane Parrish.

“You get typecast. It’s hard for producers or casting agents not to remember. I’m still ‘that bloke from Home And Away’ 20 years later,” Brummer said. “Sometimes you sit back and think, ‘I wonder what it would’ve been like if I didn’t get that job at 15?’”

Emma Booth, Firass Dirani and Dieter Brummer from the TV show Underbelly: The Golden Mile.

Last week Dawn Brummer said she was planning to write a book about her son.

“I’m hoping that the book will help people who are suffering from a depressed state of mind,” she said. “It is our hope that we can use our collective grief for a positive effect.”

“His friends are helping me,” she said. “That’s filling my life now, I’m just writing, writing, writing.”