David Hasselhoff remembers Baywatch co-star Michael Newman who ‘saved my life’

Baywatch star Michael Newman has died at the age of 68 (Barry King/Alamy/PA)

David Hasselhoff said his Baywatch co-star Michael Newman “saved my life at least four times” while filming the TV series, following Newman’s death aged 68.

Newman played himself as a lifeguard and was the third most regular actor on Baywatch after Hasselhoff, who played Mitch Buchannon, and Jeremy Jackson, who starred as Hasselhoff’s on-screen son Hobie Buchannon.