When she left that series in 1991, her character was written out by accepting the marriage proposal of old friend Johnny Little, played by former Number 96 actor Johnny Lockwood in a guest role. She later appeared in the second series of Round the Twist (1992) and guest starred in some of the later episodes of A Country Practice. Brooke, alongside previous co-star Joyce Jacobs from A Country Practice, acted in a short called Heaven on the 4th Floor (1998), credited as "Bunny Brooke". (Note that is with the letter "e" missing from the first name as sometimes credited in other various previous works.) This would be her last known acting credit; she was subsequently diagnosed with cancer, and her eventual death followed in 2000. Brooke is known to have at least 69 known acting credits to her name in theater work, spanning four decades ranging from 1959 to 1989. However, Brooke's esteemed acting career actually spanned a total of fifty years. Death Brooke, a heavy smoker and drinker, died in a Manly, New South Wales, hospital on 2 April 2000 at the age of 80, after a two-year battle with bowel and liver cancer. On 20 January 2009, her 1974 Silver Logie Award (presented to Brooke in 1975 by the late Hollywood great John Wayne) was purchased by an anonymous Queensland bidder in a 24-hour auction on eBay for AU$2225. Given that Brooke died in 2000, it is not entirely known how the award then came to be in the possession of the seller. Tributes Charlie Little, director, had Brooke reflect on her life to him not long before she died as her illness worsened. Little recalls, she said "I've done all the things I've wanted to do in my life. I've been a very lucky woman". He also said Brooke was "Quite Chaplin-esque". Elisabeth Kirkby, fellow Number 96 cast-member and former NSW Politician, said: "Brooke's performance was mesmerising. There was no dialogue. It was just the expression on her face. It was almost as [if] it was actually happening". Elaine Lee, another Number 96 cast-member, said Brooke "was about laughter, laughter, laughter. We used to laugh a lot, she was a very funny lady". Mark Mitchell, comedian and fellow Round The Twist star, said it was "impossible not to learn from Bunney. You could turn to her in a moment of exasperation knowing she would impart something very