Home and Away director John Clabburn dies in freak gardening accident 

Stars of Australian stage and screen have flocked to pay tribute to the director, who oversaw directing on Home And Away and Survivor

Australian director John Clabburn died on Tuesday.

Known as JC to friends and colleagues, the world of Australian television is mourning today following the accidental death of John Clabburn. 

On Tuesday, Mr Clabburn was trimming a hedge at his family home in Sydney when he cut his hand with a motorised saw. The shock of the accident caused the director to fall three metres from a ladder and he was tragically declared dead later that evening.