| The multi-award-winning South African stage and TV actor Jamie Bartlett has died. He was 55.
His death was confirmed to eNCA (DStv 403), who spoke to a family member.
Bartlett was born in 1966 to his South African mother and a British father in Maidenhead, England.
He went to school at St. Stithians Boys College in Johannesburg, Rondebosch High School in Cape Town, and Brynston High School. After completing high school, he studied speech and drama at the University of Cape Town.
Later, he did a post-graduate masterclass at Chrysalis Theatre Acting School in London.
He was most famous for his TV character of Mike O'Reilly in Isidingo on SABC3 and had the distinction of appearing in scene one as the first character to ever speak in Isidingo.
After several years he moved on to Rhythm City on e.tv, playing David Genaro for which he won a Safta until the character got shot in February 2020. He was one of the judges during the 7th and 8th seasons of the reality variety competition series SA's Got Talent on e.tv.
Following his death, social media has been flooded with tributes remembering Bartlett.
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