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Jamie Roberts

Shane Warne's ex-wife shares heartbreaking tribute to cricketer with sweet home videos

Shane Warne's ex-wife Simone Callahan posted a heartbreaking tribute to the late cricket star following his death on Friday.

The sports star died aged 52 after suffering a heart attack while on holiday in Koh Samui in Thailand and former wife Simone took to Instagram on Tuesday to post for the first time since his death.

She shared a selection of never-before-seen family photos and home videos of Shane with the couple's three children, Brooke, Jackson and Summer.

Frank Sinatra's iconic tune My Way plays over the top of the sweet snaps and Simone captioned the post: "Shane’s greatest Love, Our children Brooke, Jackson & Summer.

"Shane was taken too soon from their young lives. Eternal love remains & will never leave. Vale Shane."

She concluded the post with four heartbroken emojis.

Shane Warne's ex-wife Simone shared a series of snaps to Instagram (Simone Callahan/Instagram)
The images showed a look at his life as a dad (Simone Callahan/Instagram)

Among the images were snaps from the family's holidays, including one with Shane lying on a swing chair while his three children sat on top of him.

Shane's beaming smile is prominent on all of the images, while videos include a throwback to the family enjoying a game of football in their driveway.

The social media post comes a day after the cricketer's family issued a statement about Shane's untimely death and described their "never-ending nightmare" since his passing.

It read: "The night of the 4th of March 2022 is when a never-ending nightmare began for our family, for that is the date we lost our much loved and admired son, father, brother and Uncle, Shane Keith Warne' a tragedy we will never come to terms with.

"To find words to adequately express our sadness is an impossible task for us and looking to a future without Shane is inconceivable, hopefully the mountain of happy memories we all have will help us cope with our ongoing grief."

Shane's daughters also vowed to cherish their final memories with their dad with his eldest daughter Brooke, 24, saying: "We were so similar in so many ways and I always used to joke that I got your genes and about how much that annoyed me!

Shane and Simone in 2007 (PA)
Simone told how Shane's greatest love was his kids (Getty Images)

"Well now I couldn't be happier and prouder that I have your genes. I am lucky and will forever be so proud to call you my Dad forever. I love you to infinity and back and I will miss you forever."

Russell Crowe was among the mass of famous faces to share tributes too, with the Australian actor, 67, taking to Twitter to share an image of the pair dining with pals in Melbourne.

And another of Shane's exes, Liz Hurley also said: "I feel like the sun has gone behind a cloud forever. RIP my beloved Lionheart."

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