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Shane Warne, Australian Cricket Legend, Dies at 52

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Naman Ramachandran Shane Warne, legendary former Australian cricket player and television commentator, died of a suspected heart attack on Friday.

He was 52. Warne’s management company MPC Entertainment said that he was found unresponsive in his villa in Koh Samui, Thailand.“It is with great sadness we advise that Shane Keith Warne passed away of a suspected heart attack,” MPC said in a statement. “Despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived.

The family requests privacy at this time and will provide further details in due course.”The leg spin bowler took 708 wickets in test cricket, which was was the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler, until it was broken by Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan.

In 2000, Warne was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet.After retiring as a player, Warne became a well known commentator on Sky Sports, ESPN, Channel 9, Fox Sports and India’s Disney-owned Star TV.Warne debuted for Australia in test cricket in 1992 against India and played his last test versus England in 2007 after a 5-0 series victory.

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