Bernadette Hunt, best known as Falcon on the TV game show Gladiators, has died aged 59. The news was announced by Rick Jango, the partner of Hunt’s older sister, who confirmed she had died following a battle with cancer.
In a Facebook post, he wrote: “It is with great sadness that I have to tell you of my partner’s younger sister Bernadette Hunt. Most people will remember her as Falcon from the hit TV show Gladiators. “She had been battling cancer for a number of years until sadly she lost her fight. R.I.P. Bernie.”
Hunt joined Gladiators in the show’s second season in 1993 and remained until the show’s end in 2000. She was the second longest-serving female Gladiator on the show. She is survived by husband Mark and two children, son Adam and daughter Angel.