David Hasselhoff’s ex-wife, Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff, has been found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Paramedics were called to her Los Angeles home shortly after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, and the actress was pronounced dead at the scene, according to TMZ. The Los Angeles Police Department arrived shortly thereafter.
No note was left at the scene, according to TMZ. The family reportedly asked for a welfare check because they hadn’t heard from Bach-Hasselhoff for some time.
Hasselhoff requested privacy in a statement shared with TMZ. “Our family is deeply saddened by the recent passing of Pamela Hasselhoff,” he said. “We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support during this difficult time, but we kindly request privacy as we grieve and navigate through this challenging time.”
Bach-Hasselhoff is survived by her and Hasselhoff’s two daughters, Taylor, 34, and Hayley, 32.
Hayley posted a tragic tribute to her mother Wednesday with a throwback photo of her parents. It showed them together at Universal Studios Hollywood in 1996. Her mother is laughing in front of the opening of the Jurassic Park ride as David Hasselhoff stands behind her. She added a white heart emoji above the photo.
Bach-Hasselhoff met Hasselhoff on the set of Knight Rider in 1985, however he was married at the time to his first wife, actress Catherine Hickland.
He and Hickland divorced in 1989 and he married Bach-Hasselhoff that same year.
She and her husband appeared on Baywatch over the years before the show ended in 2001. The pair filed for divorce in 2006, citing irreconcilable differences.
“I’ve always loved him and always will, and have love and compassion for him,” Bach-Hasselhoff told The Associated Press at the time. The split followed a long custody battle. “It’s a very, very sad day, but a day to move on.”
A court awarded the pair joint custody of their then-teenage daughters.
In 2006, Bach-Hasselhoff asked the Los Angeles Superior Court for a temporary restraining order against Hasselhoff, alleging that the former Baywatch star had been violent. A judge denied her request, instead instructing the two to stay away from each other.
Bach-Hasselhoff came forward after the divorce to speak publicly about Hasselhoff’s struggle with alcohol abuse. She told the Daily Mail at the time that Hasselhoff was “the man who fell over on the bedroom floor” and added that the addiction was a key reason for the divorce.
Hasselhoff married former model Hayley Roberts in 2018. The two share a 28-year age gap but have described their marriage as a happy one. Roberts is from Wales and was a shop assistant before she met Hasselhoff in 2011. She was in her early 30s, and at the time, he was almost double her age.
She approached him in a hotel lobby to ask for his autograph. He agreed on one condition—that she share her phone number.
The rest is history.
Bach-Hasselhoff never remarried and it is unknown if she dated anyone after her divorce.
Hasselhoff is most famous for his time on Baywatch, from 1989 to 2000, while Bach-Hasselhoff appeared in the soap opera The Young and the Restless as well as Baywatch and Knight Rider.
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