A report in the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday said that the veteran spinner’s business manager performs CPR for about 20 minutes to save him.
The 52-year-old’s longtime manager told The Herald and The Age (that) Warne had not been drinking before being found by his friend Andrew Neofito, an executive producer on his recently released documentary, which was based in Warne’s Thailand. Went to hotel room before dinner,” the report said.
Reports said that Warne was found unconscious “with the historic first Test between Australia and Pakistan being played on television”. It said the legendary spinner was vacationing at a resort in Thailand’s Koh Samui “as part of a rare extended vacation” and was about to travel to the UK on his commenting assignment.
“They were there at 5 p.m. to meet some people. Neo (Neofitou) was next door, he’s always on time,” Warne’s longtime manager James Erskine said.
“He realized he was not well. He tried to give him mouth-to-mouth, tried to revive him, he didn’t have a heartbeat, the ambulance came 20 minutes later and declared him dead after an hour and a half.” Gaya (in Thai International Hospital).”
According to Erskine, Warne was stopping drinks because he was dieting. “He was on vacation, lay down, fell asleep, he wasn’t drinking, he was on this diet to lose weight,” he said.
“He doesn’t drink much. Everyone thinks he’s a big boozer, but he’s not a big boozer. I sent him a crate of wine, 10 years later he’s still there. He never drinks, never drugs He hated drugs so there was nothing unpleasant,” Erskine said.
“He was going to do the things he loves to do. He was going to play one or two poker competitions, play a lot of golf, be with his kids; that was about it; (for) Time for myself.”
Erskine said that Warne’s children Brooke, Summer and Jackson were “scattered” and that Spinner’s father, KeethoWent on Saturday to “comfort” his grandchildren.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Leading his country’s tribute to the cricket legend, Warne was “one of the few who could reach the extraordinary achievements of the great don bradman,
“but Shane For Australians it was more than that. Shane was one of the great characters of our country. His humour, his passion, his irreverence, his acceptance ensured that he was loved by all. Australians loved him. We all did,” Morrison said.
The Victorian Government has announced that the MCG’s Great Southern Stand will be renamed SK Warne Stand In memory of the leg-spinner, Warne took his 700th Test wicket at the MCG.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews tweeted: “The SK Warne Stand will be a lasting tribute to a wonderful Victorian.”
Former Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy Death was broken but “surprised” his former partner died young.
“An early passing didn’t surprise me Varney, “Healy told the Nine Today show. “She didn’t take care of her body so well. He did yo-yo ups and downs.
“He hadn’t applied much sunscreen. I thought it would have become a skin problem for him over time, but not at 52. And he’ll be full of beans by the end, I bet.”