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#BREAKING Australian PM remembers Warne as one of "nation's greatest characters"

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#BREAKING Shane Warne to receive state funeral, Australian PM says

Beneath Shane Warne's bronze statue, stunned fans in his native Melbourne make votive offerings of flowers, beer, cigarettes and a meat pie, remembering an imperfect hero whose outsized skill and personality transcended cricket

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#BREAKING Minute's silence for Warne, black armbands as Australia-Pakistan Test resumes

#UPDATE Thai police rule out foul play in the shock death of Australian cricket superstar Shane Warne, who died of a suspected heart attack while on holiday on the paradise island of Koh Samui aged just 52

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