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- Entertainment reporter Angela Bishop lost her husband, Peter Baikie, in 2017 to cancer.
- She’s opened up about life without him in a new interview.
- They got married in 2005 and welcomed their daughter, Amelia, in 2007.
Angela Bishop has spoken about life without her late husband, Peter Baikie, almost 10 years after his passing.
In March 2026, the 10 News First entertainment editor and showbiz reporter sat down with Terri Irwin on a segment on 10News+ to have a conversation about grief and how to be a good parent when you’ve lost the love of your life.
“Sometimes you have to search for something, and it’s hard, but we worked at it,” Terri says in an interview, which was recorded for television.
She then turns to Angela and adds, “We’re both in the same club.”
Angela’s husband, Peter, died in 2017 after a private battle with cancer. Terri’s late husband Steve, who was also known as The Crocodile Hunter, died suddenly in 2006 after being pierced in the chest by a stingray barb.
He was filming an underwater documentary called Ocean’s Deadliest at Batt Reef near Port Douglas in Queensland at the time.
Late last year, Angela shared a throwback photo of Peter and their daughter Amelia on her Instagram page, with the caption: “We miss you Pete. Every single day💔”.
In May that same year, she shared a photo from their wedding day on what would have been their 20th wedding anniversary.
“20 years ago today. I miss you with all my heart,” she wrote at the time.
Over the years, the Channel 10 star has spoken about coming to terms with losing her husband.
Speaking to our sister publication Woman’s Day in 2023, she said there was “no map” to navigate grief.
“Parenting is a huge responsibility, and when I lost Peter, I had no one to bounce off anymore. We were often on the same page, and now I don’t have that person to run things by,” she said.
“I’ve had wonderful extended family to help since I’ve been on my own, but it’s not quite the same.”
During the same interview, the reporter reflected on her daughter turning 16 and how proud Peter would have been of her.
“Peter was a mechanic, and was so looking forward to teaching her to drive – he would have been amazing,” she said.
“Some days you miss them more than others. This is one of them.”
Amelia, who was 10 when her father passed away, is now 18 years old.
In May 2019, the mother-of-one spoke with our sister publication, The Australian Women’s Weekly, about the difficulties she faced keeping a “brave face on in public” as she thought of her late husband.
“I don’t try to keep the grief in when it hits, otherwise I’ll do myself an injury. You’ve got to go and find somewhere to have a little cry. I do it a lot in traffic in the car, or in the car park at work. You just have to let it out.”
She added that while there were still many of these moments, she still had plenty to celebrate in her life.
“Gratitude factors a lot in our world,” Angela says.
“If you can think of something every day that you’ve got to feel grateful for, it’s a good way to keep your spirits buoyed. I don’t know if I succeed every day, to be honest, but it’s more often than not, put it that way.”
In 2017, Angela confirmed the heartbreaking news of Peter’s passing in a statement shared with the press.
“His courage in fighting this disease left all who shared his journey full of immense admiration. He found his tower of strength in his wife Angela and the love of his daughter Amelia,” it read.
“He embraced life with all it had to offer him — but without doubt, his family and friends were the highlights in his world.”
“The love shown to Angela and family during his final days by Peter’s circle of friends is [a] testament to the man he was,” the statement continued. “He fought courageously till the end and passed away on Wednesday, 22nd November 2017, peacefully, surrounded by his family and friends.”
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