The weakest link

Known for her razor-sharp wit and her brilliance as a playwright, the arts and culture industry has suffered an immense blow following Fiona Coyne's death. More famous for her five season long stint as The Weakest Link presenter and her piercing glare that had grown men scuttling off the stage, Fiona also enjoyed some success with her theater plays which have been described as bringing "easy laughs tinged with tears". Which is the best thing a writer can hope for to make it's audience tap into a deep resevoir of emotion.

Like most talented, brilliant souls Fiona enjoyed enviable public success and crippling private fear. In a note she left to her mother she says she came to the decison to take her life because of a fear to die alone. Fiona's death is a tragedy, unfortunately a popular tragedy among talented scared public figures.

I keep hearing her curt tone and seeing her disdainful stare which is enough to have you running offstage, but the ironic final nail in the coffin is the jarring "you are the weakest link...goodbye".

Rest in peace Fiona Coyne.