News Vale Shane Warne - Passed away at 52 from suspected heart attack in Koh Samui

[Maggie5]

Was watching ABC24 last night and saw this at the bottom of screen and thought they had it wrong, it was Rodney Marsh. Then switched to BBC and saw the same I was shocked and saddened.

I still recall his first appearance (against India?) and thought he was a dud, how wrong was I?

A sad loss, one of the greats of Aussie sport.

 

[rand corp]

Just tragic, so young. Warney was one of those talents that only come along once every few decades or so, who change the game, and for a while seem bigger than their sport. I am totally raw and just shocked.

 

[jonbe54]

I didn’t speculate. At all.

Sorry for the misunderstanding TRS I meant it was not the place for speculation on my part.

 

[sideswipe]

Sorry for the misunderstanding TRS I meant it was not the place for speculation on my part.

But you did speculate by saying you have suspicions.

True keyboard warrior.


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[danielnajdek]

Horrible news to wake up to. Saw it flash up as a notification on my phone. Worse notification to get.

 

[Markfs]

Sometimes the brain reads a headline and it just doesn't compute. I've had a complex relationship in my head with Shane over the journey, and I think it says more about me than a bloke I never knew. I think he's expressed a few regrets about his family but i think they would be the only ones. In a peculiar way, he is a role model on how to approach life.

 

[35Daicos]

My very first thought when I looked at the top story on my phone this morning (where it said that his mates had worked hard to try and revive him) was that it must be an old story that had never previously come out, and was only being told now because Rod Marsh had just died from a heart attack. I thought it must be that Warney had only now decided to tell of a "near-death experience". It's just too ridiculous that two of the finest cricketers Australia has produced (and the world has seen) have died in the space of a day or so.

Probably about 33 years ago I had a brief chat with Shane Warne in an Adelaide pub, one I've certainly always remembered. He was with the Cricket Academy at the time (not long after this he and the Academy parted ways!). I knew he was meant to be very talented even as a youngster, also that he had a bit of a reputation for being a 'lad', and that he had played some football for St Kilda. So I asked him about his football-playing days. He said after playing U19's for the Saints they gave him a game in the Seconds. It was against Carlton, and his opponent that day was Mil Hanna (who was a very talented footballer). He then said "they never gave me another game (in the Seconds)". He always came across as someone who had plenty of self confidence, so I was impressed that he was happy to send himself up like that!

 

[HeathySure]

Warney ruined cricket for me. I could barely after he retired because it was boring without him. RIP

 

[parano1a]

RIP Warney

 

[Obese Arachnid]

Gutted, watching this bloke was beyond sport, it was art.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

But you did speculate by saying you have suspicions.

True keyboard warrior.


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He didn’t speculate. Although Deep down , we all are, privately.

Maybe it’s you that’s being the keyboard warrior

 

[Hazz]

So lucky to have had such a hero and supreme talent to watch as a young kid. Everyone just wanted to be a leggie for so long there, so many hot days in the backyard with my brother or mates pretending I was warnie, trying to rip massive leggies… getting carted mostly, but to see a tennis ball bounce (maybe even spin!) past the bat like warnie does, what a feeling!

I kind of forgot what a hero he was for me, was devo when he retired, but this is something much worse. RIP mate.

 

[CasuallyDressed]

I remember the day I met Warney at Southland and we were having a chat to him... got his autograph. He was such a cool guy having a chat to us annoying little kids until one of them decides to say "I spin the ball better than you" and he was gone after that... that kid ruined more time with the great man for me.

Actually shed a tear over this. Gutted.

 

[magpies42]

Greatness on and off the field, was himself 100% of the time...did not give a s**t about the media. I guess ultimately he paid for his lifestyle choices with his life. RIP

 

[jonbe54]

Greatness on and off the field, was himself 100% of the time...did not give a sh*t about the media. I guess ultimately he paid for his lifestyle choices with his life. RIP

True 42 - he seemed from the outside to be full throttle on and off the field but had no self censorship button.

My biggest on field disappointment with Shane was when he holed out on 96

 

[sideswipe]

He didn’t speculate. Although Deep down , we all are, privately.

Maybe it’s you that’s being the keyboard warrior

Really? I am not speculating over anything other than a clown with a keyboard using the word “suspicions”.

Guess you are doing something else.


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[jmac70]

Gutted, watching this bloke was beyond sport, it was art.

Spot on. Just brilliant to watch from first ball to last. The renaming of The Southern Stand is a fitting tribute.

 

[jmac70]

I was lucky to be at the G when he took his 700th. Feel blessed to have been part of the atmosphere.
There will never be another like him.

 

[legendstatus]

Couldn’t sleep and got up at 3am and couldn’t go back to bed. One of the saddest days I can remember.

R.I.P Legend


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[jmac70]

Couldn’t sleep and got up at 3am and couldn’t go back to bed. One of the saddest days I can remember.

R.I.P Legend


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I’m having an IPA for Warney. Unlikely to stop at one

 

[joff]

I’m having an IPA for Warney. Unlikely to stop at one

Good on ya jmac I was having a chuckle to myself imagining both Marshy and then Warne banging on the pearly gates god's gunna have his work cut out keeping the beer fridge stocked up with those boy's

 

[jmac70]

Good on ya jmac I was having a chuckle to myself imagining both Marshy and then Warne banging on the pearly gates god's gunna have his work cut out keeping the beer fridge stocked up with those boy's

Very true mate. Just can’t believe these blokes are gone.

 

[joff]

Very true mate. Just can’t believe these blokes are gone.

Yea not wrong especially when you add the loss of Jonesy Its tough to comprehend to be honest

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Yea not wrong especially when you add the loss of Jonesy Its tough to comprehend to be honest

And Hookesy

 

[Gabbo64]

Well, this term is too often flung around with gay abandon, but in Warnie's case it couldn't be more appropriate. GOAT. By a long margin.
There never was, and never will be, a greater champion.
Cricket will never be the same for me. RIP.