David Hasselhoff is remembering his late Baywatch costar, Michael Newman. “Newman was a warrior ... he literally saved my life at least 4 times,” the Mitch Buchanan actor wrote alongside a photo of him and Newman on the Baywatch set via Instagram late Tuesday2.

He started out on the David Hasselhoff series as a stuntman and technical adviser and stuck around for 10 seasons.

Michael Newman, who played lifeguard Mike “Newmie” Newman on “Baywatch,” has died. He was 68. Newman passed away 18 years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The news was confirmed Tuesday by Newman’s close friend, Matt Felker, who recently directed the Hulu docuseries about “Baywatch.”