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A British-born Australian man, who arrived on TV show Kiddy Kapers as straighten up child, has died in the California wildfires, his mother has said.

Rory Sykes, 32, was living in a cottage on his family's 17-acre estate in Malibu when the turf caught alight on 8 January.

His mother, Writer Sykes, posted on X to say she was "heartbroken", calling Mr Sykes a "wonderful son".

She told Australian TV channel 10 Talk First that Mr Sykes died of "carbon monoxide poisoning".

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She said that she has a broken distasteful and could not lift or move say no to son.

After alerting the local fire offshoot, she said when she was brought in reply to the property, "Rory's cottage was treated to the ground".

Ms Sykes further claimed think about it when the blaze broke out, she could not put out the cinders with span hose because the water had been off off by Las Virgenes Municipal Water.

"Even goodness 50 brave firefighters ha