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Australian cricket hero and legendary leg-spinner, Shane Warne, has died, aged 52.
Warne's management released a brief statement in the early hours of Saturday (AEDT), that he passed away in Thailand of a suspected heart attack.
He is believed to have been in Ko Samui at the time of his death.
'Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived,' the statement reads.
'The family requests privacy at this time and will provide further details in due course.'
The playboy larrikin of Australian cricket took 708 wickets in his illustrious 15 year career but was equally as noted for his life off the field as on it.
He delivered the Ball of the Century with his first ball of the 1993 Ashes tour, bowling Mike Gatting with a ball that turned from well outside leg stump to clip the off bail. and instantly wrote himself into folklore.
He was banned in 2003 for taking a prohibited substsance - which he blamed on his mother for giving him a diuretic to 'improve his appearance'.
But he returned in 2004 and in the Third Ashes Test of 2005, he became the first bowler in history to take 600 Test wickets.
Off the field, his exploits, beloved by the British tabloids took their toll on his marriage and he split from wife Simone, mother of his three children.
He was famously pictured in the News of the World in his underwear with models Coralie Eichholz and Emma Kearney following his divorce.
But he shocked the world when he hooked up and later became engaged to English actress Liz Hurley in 2010, before the pair eventually split in 2013.
She reinvented him from knockabout Aussie to debonair gentleman with a sleek new look, and tamed some of his party spirit.
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