RIP David Ngoombujarra | Aborigine Actor David Ngoombujarra Dies

The three-time Australian Film Institute winner aborigine actor David Ngoombujarra dies in an age of 44. The Australia and Rabbit Proof Fence actor was found dead in a park on Sunday in Fremantle, near Perth. The police does not suspect the death as murder.

Born in Meekatharra, West Australia, Ngoombujarra was one of thousands of Aboriginal children handed over to white families under Australian government assimilation policies.

He won his first Australian Film Institute award in 1993 for his role in Blackfellas. He won his second Australian Film Institute award after 10 years in 2007 for the movie Black and White. And, in 2007, he won a third for a guest role in Australian TV legal drama The Circuit.

Paying tribute to David Ngoombujarra his co-star Hugh Jackman tweeted "So saddened to hear about the passing of David Ngoombujarra. His laugh, warmth and humanity will live on with all who knew him".

 RIP David Ngoombujarra.