A private jet, carrying the coffin of Australian cricket player Shane Warne, departs from Don Mueang airport on Thursday on its way back to Australia after the cricketer died on Koh Samui on Friday. (AFP photo)
The body of Shane Warne left Thailand early on Thursday, flying back to Australia where the cricket superstar will receive a state funeral.
Wrapped in the Australian flag, the coffin of the 52-year-old — who died on Koh Samui on Friday — left Don Mueang airport at 8.24 am on a private plane, an airport official confirmed.
Autopsy results confirmed that the leg-spin bowler, one of the greatest Test cricketers of all time, died of natural causes after a suspected heart attack.
Warne “didn’t just inspire a cricketing generation — he defined it,” said a statement by the Victoria government…
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