An eclectic array of celebrities including singer Elton John, golfing legend Greg Norman and champion surfer Kelly Slater paid tribute on March 30 to their friend, former Australian cricketer Shane Warne, at a star-studded state memorial service.
Shane Warne was so much more than a celebrity cricketer
Fans arranged to meet "at the Shane Warne statue" to mark his untimely death aged 52 and join in their shared grief.
Legendary Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne passed away on March 4. Warne, a World Cup winner in 1999, was also the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 1997 (Notional Winner). Here’s a pictorial tribute to the cricket great.
If one looks beyond the trio of Bedi, Prasanna and Chandrashekhar who ruled the cricketing universe, arguably no one aside Warne came close to restore spin bowling to its rightful glory.
Shane Warne’s last tweet was on Rod Marsh’s death – just 12 hours ago.
Shane Warne had expressed grief on fellow cricketer Rod Marsh’s death on Friday. His last tweet was also on this, just 12 hours ago.
Shane Warne's management has released a brief statement that he passed away in Thailand of a suspected heart attack, according to Fox News. Widely regarded as the greatest spinner to play the sport, the Australian cricketer had played 145 Tests and has 708 wickets in his name.