Home And Away fans pay tribute as actress Cathy Godbold dies aged 43 after decade-long battle with brain cancer

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Blake and Sophie begin dating, their first date is ruined when they have to look after Sally and they are later caught kissing on a school trip. While Blake is on detention, Sophie and Haydn Ross take the lead roles in the school's production ofRomeo and Juliet. Blake does not like Haydn and is annoyed when he catches Sophie kissing him for real. Cathy's character Meg featured in a famous Home And Away storyline where she died of cancer soon after she began dating Blake Dean .

Finlay takes revenge by sabotaging Blake's alarm clock, making him late for a HSC exam. The Stewarts want him to stay away but Blake wants to get to know his dad and agrees to visit him. This drives a wedge between Blake and Alf and Blake leaves to live with Les. Les is not interesting in knowing his daughter but Blake insists on tracking her down. Blake suggests Roxy take a job at Les' restaurant but Les sees through this and hits Roxy.

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A columnist for Stuff.co.nz said that Blake was a "hunky teenager". Jenna Price of The Sydney Morning Herald said that Hill was one of the serial's teenage actors that had a "pleasant awkwardness" about their portrayal. They added that Hill became Home and Away's new poster boy and "obliterated the memory of Craig McLachlan". When Finlay became hospitalised, a columnist for Inside Soap said "surely the writers couldn't be so cruel as to kill two girlfriends in a row for Blake? Or could they?".

Soon after Simon's father Bill is exposed as a con artist, Simon moves with Blake and the Stewarts. Having discovered his father's darker side, Blake turns his back on Les and returns to the Bay, taking Roxy with him. Initially Blake is not interested in Finlay, he later changes his mind and the pair go scuba diving.

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In 2017 when Billie Ashford died of cancer, she died in VJ Patterson's arms at sunset on the beach, which was a nod to the iconic Blake and Meg scene. Her mum, Australian TV star Rosemary Margan, also died in December last year at the age of 80 after spending 17 years battling cancer. "I have no memory of those days due to the real cancer!" she commented on a clip of her TV death. In a Facebook post from April 2017, the actress admitted she could no longer remember filming her iconic Home and Away exit, having been robbed of her memories by the tumour. "Because I am young and healthy I have a much better chance of beating it," she continued.

Hill said that he went with what he thought was right at the time. The storyline highlighted the issue of the illness, with many leukemia patients praising the series. Godbold said that she had actual chemistry with Hill and admitted that there was an attraction.

Home and Away's Cathy Godbold dead at 43: Actress loses 10-year battle with brain cancer that stole her memories

Karen attempts to flee the bay but kills Donald's nephewDavid Croft in a car accident while doing so. Karen is then arrested and sent to juvenile detention for two years. Blake arrives in Summer Bay with his younger sister Karen, looking forAilsa Hogan, who had been in prison with their mother, Margot, who has recently died.

While another columnist named Meg dying in Blake's arms as a "great moment in soap". They said that it was "the saddest day in Summer Bay" and added that the "nation wept" as Meg told Blake her dying wish. While filming Meg's death scenes he thought about sad things to build himself up emotionally. Hill opined that the storyline was believable and well written; which made it easier to get into character. Hill also revealed that he did not speak to anyone with leukemia during the research stage.

Patricia Coleman , Blake's new teacher and a former nun, also counsels him. Finlay believes that she has found love with Blake and cannot wait to make their relationship official. When the pair share a kiss, Blake's memories of Meg return and he realises he still loves her.

If the actor had his way, Blake would be "an absolute hoodlum". Hill said there were certain things he would change about Blake. He did not like his character's name and he wanted Blake to do something hard and challenging. Blake arrives in Summer Bay with his younger sister Karen , looking for Ailsa Stewart , who had been in prison with their mother, Margot, who has recently died. They hope Ailsa will take them in after living with their uncle Alec proved to be unpleasant.

By which time, Hill had become one of the serial's "biggest stars" and was even earning two thousand dollars from personal appearances. Hill was also being considered for a role in Baywatch, but had to turn it down due to his filming commitments with Home and Away. While interviewed by a reporter from TV Week, Hill criticised the show and then announced that he had quit. In 2002, Hill returned to filming as part of a special fourteenth anniversary storyline. Hill returned once again in 2005, this time as part of the serial's 4000th episode.

Series producer Andrew Howie told TV Week that Blake would enter a relationship with a new character, Meg Bowman , who would have a "major problem". Howie added that "this will be the strongest and most relevant story we have done". Meg arrives alongside her "protective mother" Julia Bowman for a ten-week guest stint. Meg and Blake start a relationship, however she is suffering from leukemia and attempts to keep it a secret. Meg spends the last weeks of her life with Blake and after her death, Blake cannot let go and imagines that Meg is still with him. The Seven Network decided to move Home and Away into the same time-slot as rival soap opera Neighbours.

They added that Blake is not exactly a "goody two shoes" and "gets up to various jinks" during his time in the series. Blake can get away with his antics because he is a quick thinker and his "natural charm saves his skin". Blake thinks that girls can be silly and clingy, but just enjoys their company. Hill told Rochelle Tubb of The Sun-Herald that he struggled during some of Blake's running scenes because he was not that fit in real life. He is overprotective of Karen and feels guilty because his mother died at the same time he started getting into trouble at school. Hill told Nigel May from Look-in that Blake will always be over protective of Karen.

The actress also appeared in Aussie soap Neighbours and drama Blue Heelers. It transpires that Meg is dying of leukaemia and her mum is being over-protective. Despite knowing her days are numbered, Blake continues to see her. Cathy’s close friend Sally Browne revealed that she was upbeat in her final weeks, despite her diagnosis.

Blake turns his back on his father and returns to the Bay, taking Roxy with him. Blake takes up scuba diving and spends more time with Finlay. When she is trapped during a dive, Blake raises the alarm and she is rescued.

Godbold told a reporter from Inside Soap that producers devised the "love story that ended in tragedy" to secure better ratings than Neighbours. Their romance proved popular with viewers and forced their opposition to change their time-slot. Producers also told Godbold that they wished they could have kept her in the series. Blake returns in 2002 to attends the town's 150th anniversary celebrations. When the cruise ship the Mirigini is wrecked in a storm, he, Sally and Sophie are stranded in the bush.