Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 20 Mar 2022, 09:50 pm Print
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Melbourne: Legendary Australian leg spinner Shane Warne's family and friends bid farewell to him at a private funeral held at his hometown in Melbourne on Sunday.
The farewell event was held at The St Kilda Football Club.
Shane Warne’s family – parents Keith and Brigitte, brother Jason and children Brooke, Jackson and Summer – chose the St Kilda footy headquarters at Moorabbin to bid him farewell among those who loved him most, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Shane Warne died due to heart attack on Mar 4 in Koh Samui, Thailand.
Meanwhile, Shane Warne's close friend Elizabeth Hurley said her heart ached as she could not attend Shane Warne's funeral.
"My heart aches that I can’t be in Australia tomorrow for Shane’s funeral," she wrote on Instagram.
"I was filming last night and, with the time jump, physically can’t get there," she said.
She shared severa old images of herself with Warne on Instagram.
Meanwhile, Warne, who had grabbed 708 Test wickets in his career, will be given a full public service at the iconic MCG stadium on Mar 30.
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