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Andrew Gamble

Shane Warne death: Friends 'battled for 20 mins' to try and save Australian legend

Australian cricket legend Shane Warne died suddenly from a heart attack aged 52 despite the frantic attempts of four friends who battled to save his life for 20 minutes, according to police.

Warne, considered the greatest leg spinner in history, was found unconscious in a villa in the resort of Koh Samui in Thailand on Friday.

Thai police revealed Warne was staying in the villa with four friends, and found him unresponsive when one of the group tried to wake him for food at around 5pm local time. The friends reportedly performed CPR on him for approximately 20 minutes before an ambulance arrived to take Warne to the Thai International Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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