Thailand Police Says Autopsy Revealed Shane Warne Died Of Natural Causes

Australia cricketing legend Shane Warne tragically passes away on March 4, 2022, in the Thailand island of Koh Samui at the age of 52. He was there with his friends for a vacation.

The 52-year-old Australian was found unresponsive in his villa at about 5.15 pm on Friday after he did not arrive for dinner with friends as scheduled. One of the paramedics called to the scene stated that Shane Warne’s friends desperately tried to revive him and performed CPR and mouth to mouth numerous times.

Warne was later pronounced dead at the local hospital with Bo Phut police confirming his death shortly afterwards. Police station superintendent Yuttana Sirisombat has said Warne had been suffering chest pains before arriving in Thailand. He also had asthma and had seen a doctor about his heart.

Warne’s friend and Sporting News chief executive, Tom Hall said that the former spinner had a meal of vegemite toast with a friend at the Thailand resort where he died hours later.

“I have dined with Shane in many fine establishments, but rather than sample some of the local Thai fare, we tuck into a plate of Vegemite on toast. Shane chomping away: ‘Geez, you can’t beat Vegemite with some butter, always great wherever you are in the world’. An Australian through and through – this was to turn out to be his last meal,” Hall wrote in an article of the website.

Autopsy Reveals Shane Warne Died Of Natural Causes: Thailand Police

Police had said there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding Warne’s death which is believed to have been caused by a heart attack. And on Monday, March 7, 2022, afternoon, Deputy spokesperson Kritsana Pattanacharoen revealed that the autopsy report had been received and it concluded Warne had a “natural death”. Thai police have informed his family and the Australian embassy.

Warne’s body was on Sunday taken from Koh Samui by ferry to Surat Thani on the mainland and to a local hospital where the official autopsy was conducted. His remains are now expected to be prepared for an air transfer to Melbourne.

Shane Warne will receive a state funeral in Victoria and a stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground will be named after him.

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