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Today marks the one-year anniversary since the devastating death of cricket legend Shane Warne, with tributes flowing for the late ‘Spin King’.
Warne died while on holiday in Thailand from a suspected heart attack at just 52 years old.
When news broke that he had passed, the cricketing world was still coming to grips with the loss of Rod Marsh just hours earlier. The 74-year-old former Aussie wicketkeeper had also suffered a heart attack in Queensland and had been placed in an induced coma before being transferred to Adelaide where he passed away.
Warne’s former captain and Channel Nine commentator Mark Taylor was in disbelief that 12 months had already passed by.
“It’s bloody sad,” Taylor told Wide World of Sports.
“I didn’t realise it had been a year, to be honest. It’s gone so quickly.
“I know we all think of Warnie at various times, particularly when you see balls turning so much as they are in India at the moment, because it sparks memories of some of the special things he was able to do on the field.”
Warne’s son Jackson posted on Instagram a collection of clips reflecting his feelings, with the simple caption:
“1 year ago today.
“Miss you mate, love Jacko.”
Jackson’s sister Summer Warne, posted a heartfelt message with two photos in memory of her late father.
“1 year ago, one of the people that I love most in the whole entire world left and went to heaven,” she wrote.
“I miss you just about every second of every day.
“I’m still trying to navigate life without you here, trying my best to live in a world without you in it.
“I miss you when I laugh and cry because you were always the one that made my laughter grow, and my tears disappear. I miss the memories we will never get to have.
“I hold you close within my heart, and there you you shall remain, until the day that we meet again.
“I love you. SJ.”
Music superstar Ed Sheeran was a close friend of Warne, and performed one of his most popular songs ‘Thinking Out Loud’ at his memorial last March. Before his sold-out concert on Thursday night at Warne’s beloved MCG, Sheeran spent time with Jackson, Summer and their sister Brooke to honour their dad and his dear friend, before singing his hugely popular ‘The A Team’ and dedicating it to “Shane and his kids.”
“Being in the MCG tonight and not having my friend Shane Warne here to watch this … I know this venue was really, really special to him,” Sheeran told the crowd.
Warne will forever be remembered as one of the greatest ever spin bowlers, taking 708 Test wickets during his 145 appearances for Australia as well as 293 wickets during his 194 ODI matches.
He was loved the world over, and it still seems surreal to many that he is gone.
There will never be another.
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