The curse of The Bachelor: Nine stars of the hit franchise have lost their lives as Charlie Newling becomes the latest contestant to tragically die

The Bachelorette Australia star Charlie Newling has become the latest person from the Bachelor franchise to die after his car fell from a cliff in Sydney last Saturday. The curse of The Bachelor: Nine people have lost their lives after starring on the show as Charlie Newling becomes the latest star to tragically die Newling, 36, who appeared on Ali Oetjen's season of the show in 2018, was confirmed dead after locals found his car on fire at the bottom of a 70-metre cliff She was flying an Airborne XT-912 light-sport, weight-shift control plane when she crashed in Los Angeles shortly after taking off from Hawthorne Municipal Airport. Erin Storm, who starred on the twelfth season of The Bachelor USA, tragically passed away in 2016 after getting into a small plane crash The Bachelorette's Eric Hill passed away in a tragic paragliding accident in 2014 after filming the US version of the reality show. Michael Nance, a contestant who appeared in Emily Maynard's season of The Bachelorette, was found dead at 31 In 2010, Julien Hug, 35, who competed for the affections of Jillian Harris in season five of the show, was discovered dead in a remote part of the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California two days after his family lost contact with him. Former Bachelor contestant Alexa 'Lex' McAllister died in 2016 from an overdose of over-the-counter fever reducers and a high blood pressure medication, according to a coroner's report Gia Allemand - who was Jake's third runner-up - tragically took her own life in August 2013 at the age of 29.