Fans are in mourning over the rumours that a much-loved Summer Bay icon is going to die.

Home and Away fans are starting to get stressed about which character is likely to be killed off on the long-running soap, with the show teasing a ‘shocking death’ that will leave fans reeling.

Warning: Potential spoilers ahead!

While it’s been badly hidden news for some time that Jacqui Purvis, who plays Felicity Newman, is leaving the show, fans are starting to freak out about what this means for the fate of Felicity, who has really probably suffered enough at the hands of the Home and Away writers over the years.

Jacqui has been playing Felicity since 2021, and Felicity’s time in the not-so-sleepy beachside town has been nothing short of dramatic. She arrived after her brother Cash moved to Summer Bay to work as a policeman, and went from an erratic party girl to a loveable character and part-owner of Salt, while also suffering through a near-death car crash on her wedding day, followed by her subsequent marriage breakdown to Tane Parata, and a myriad of other dramas including an assault, and a new romance with a now-jailed River Boy.

Jacqui’s last scenes are likely to air end of August or early September and fans have been speculating about how she’ll be written out, first assuming that perhaps she’d move away with River Boy Rory. But as Rory’s last scenes played on the soap last week, now people are convinced Felicity will be killed off, despite the fact the show is teasing what looks like a bit of a nasty accident for Irene.

Home and Away fans are already mourning Felicity

Felicity has been a somewhat divisive character over the years, but fans are already mourning her, despite the fact we don’t know for sure what’s going to go down yet.

On a Home and Away fan page, a moderator started the discussion of who’s likely to be killed off. “This isn’t ‘CONFIRMED’ we know that Jacqui (Felicity) did stop filming in March and she should be still on our screens to end of August/September,” they wrote.”I know Jacqui said she would love Felicity to be killed off but we know that they always don’t get what they want.”

“I will be really sad if they kill Felicity off,” one person commented. “Hopefully it’s not Flick,” another agreed.

“Please not Flick,” another fan begged. “I know she has left Home and Away but I thought [they’d] keep a spot for a return if she chooses.”

“I sure hope Felicity didn’t get killed, just leaves after what’s happened with River Boy,” another said.

Other Home and Away fans seem less convinced it’ll be an actual fan favourite/series regular character killed off.

“I don’t think anyone’s gonna die, are they?” one fan commented.

“Ok…so maybe it’s Rory in jail? One of the River Boys? It could be not a regular…they just teasing us!!!” another speculated. “Maybe [it’ll be] Dingo,” someone suggested.

“I don’t think it’s any of them. It will be someone linked to the Bay somehow maybe a River Boy, or someone in Mali’s family?” another said. “But not a core character. Maybe they’re setting up the storyline for the end of year finale /cliffhanger?”

And some people, well, they’re just here for the drama and don’t give a f*** who dies.

“How exciting!!! Can’t wait,” one fan enthused.