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Australian speedboat legend Ken Warby, the fastest man on water, dies aged 83

Ken Warby before breaking the world water speed record on Blowering Dam on October 8, 1978. (Supplied)

The world's fastest man on water, Ken Warby, has died in the United States after a short illness.

Born and educated in Newcastle, NSW, Warby shot to fame in the late 1970s when he first broke the world water speedboat record.

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