‘Baywatch’ star Michael Newman dies after 18-year Parkinson’s battle

Michael Newman, a full-time firefighter known for his long-running relation arsenic “Newmie” connected “Baywatch,” has died aft a astir two-decade conflict with Parkinson’s disease. He was 68.

Newman, who was the lone existent lifeguard connected the show, was “surrounded by his household and friends” erstwhile he died “from bosom complications” Sunday evening, person Matt Felker told People.

“I got to spot Mike the past clip helium was conscious and helium looked [at] maine and successful emblematic Mike manner said, ‘You’re conscionable successful time,'” shared Felker, who directed the caller Hulu docuseries “After Baywatch: Moment successful the Sun.”

The Daily News has reached retired to Felker for comment.

Newman’s relation arsenic fictional lifeguard Mike “Newmie” Newman spanned 150 “Baywatch” episodes betwixt 1989 and 2000, a tenure rivaled lone by that of prima David Hasselhoff.

He received his Parkinson’s diagnosis successful 2006, sharing successful the docuseries that his “body has changed truthful dilatory that I hardly notice.”

Despite the dilatory carnal changes, Newman said the disease, for which helium took 10 medications daily, had “become the center” of his life.

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Michael Newman (top row, 3rd from left) and the formed of ‘Baywatch’ successful 1997. (Getty)

“This terminal illness has allowed maine a batch of reasoning time,” helium told People backmost successful August, “which I possibly didn’t want, but it’s brought maine wisdom.”

Following his diagnosis, Newman worked with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to rise wealth for the chronic degenerative encephalon condition.

“I besides anticipation that the telling of my idiosyncratic communicative brings consciousness to the value of uncovering a Parkinson’s cure,” helium said.

Newman made his surface debut successful the 1989 TV movie “Baywatch: Panic astatine Malibu Pier,” and reprised the relation successful different spinoffs of the lifeguard-centric drama, including “Baywatch Nights” and “Baywatch: White Thunder astatine Glacier Bay.”

Newman’s different credits see an occurrence of “Zig and Zag’s Dirty Deeds” and the 1999 movie, “Enemy Action.”

Newman is survived by his woman of astir 40 years, Sarah, arsenic good arsenic their 2 big children, Chris and Emily, and their granddaughter, Charlie.