David Ngoombujarra

David Ngiombujarra
Born
David Bernard Starr

(1967-06-27)27 June 1967
Meekatharra, Western Australia, Australia
Died17 July 2011(2011-07-17) (aged 44)
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
OccupationActor
RelativesErnie Dingo (cousin)

David Ngoombujarra (27 June 1967 – 17 July 2011) was an Indigenous Australian actor of the Yamatji people. Born David Bernard Starr in Meekatharra, Western Australia, his acting career spanned over two decades from the late 1980s to 2010; he won three Australian Film Institute Awards.[1] On 17 July 2011 he was found in a park in Fremantle, and taken to Fremantle Hospital where he was pronounced dead.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b Prior, Flip (19 July 2011). "Actor with the winning smile found dead at 44". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Aboriginal actor David Ngoombujarra found dead in park". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). 19 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Aborigine actor David Ngoombujarra dies". BBC News. 19 July 2011.