'Ailsa deserved a CRAZIER DEATH!'

AS HOME AND AWAY CLOCKS UP 35 YEARS, JUDY NUNN REFLECTS ON HER DIRE EXIT

- Craig Bennett

Renowned actress and author Judy Nunn dissolves into a hurricane of hilarity when asked about her Home and Away character, Ailsa Stewart's, demise after a 13-year run.

"Poor Ailsa. After all she'd endured, from surviving mudslides and armed hold-ups - even a jail stint for murdering her abusive father! in the end she was given a remarkably dull death," Judy, 77, tells New Idea with a smile.

Indeed, Ailsa's death in 2000 saw her collapsing in front of her husband Alf, played by Ray Meagher, after suffering a heart attack.