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Ex-Neighbours star says she 'sleeps with the ghost' of her late husband.

Melissa Bell, known for her role as Lucy Robinson on Aussie soap Neighbours has revealed that she is ‘haunted’ by the ghost of her late husband.

Melissa lost her husband Gary Dickinson in February this year, after he suffered a heart attack at work that left him in a coma for 93 days.

Melissa Bell and her husband Gary Dickinson in 2005. Photo: Getty Images

The actress has told New Idea that she believes the ghost of her husband is "everywhere" inside their home.

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"His ghost or his spirit, or whatever you want to call it, is definitely still with us and that gives me comfort, because I don't feel so alone," she told the magazine.

Melissa also revealed that she had turned her Gold Coast home - which the couple shared with their three children - into a 'shrine' for her late husband, declaring that she would "always be Gary's wife." "I made a promise to him as he was dying that we will be married forever," she said.

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The actress has previously opened up to Woman's Day about the death of her 57-year-old husband, telling the magazine that he "died in her arms".

"I said 'I'm with you, you're not alone, I love you, I love you' and then he took his last breath and his heart stopped and I put my hand on his heart," she said.