Shane Warne was a one-off, a blonde blokey bundle of restless, mischievous, competitive, big-hearted, cigar-chomping, pizza-loving, larrikin fun, says piersmorgan
I’d been in regular touch with him during the past fortnight because I was in Australia, and we were planning a round of golf and dinner in his hometown Melbourne that sadly never happened due to unseasonably bad weather keeping me in Sydney.
This unique talent, and his gigantic irrepressible personality, made him arguably the sport’s most charismatic figure, one of very few cricketers, like Sir Ian Botham and Freddie Flintoff, to become genuine household-name celebrities. His prolific headline-grabbing love life, which included a lengthy romance with Elizabeth Hurley, didn’t win him any husband-of-the-year awards, but by his own admission, he found women irresistible, and they often felt the same about this rugged, twinkle-eyed, resolutely macho man.
I introduced them a few years ago when I interviewed Sheen in a London theatre and Shane begged to come as my guest.”He’s also the only man alive who can look at your lifestyle and say, ‘Lightweight’,” I added.They chatted for a while, getting on like long-lost twins, then Shane went off to find his seat in the audience.
And for all his self-confessed marital flaws, he was a brilliant loving father to his three children, a wonderful caring son to his ever-supportive parents, and a fantastically loyal, kind and generous friend.
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