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Tributes to Australian cricketer Shane Warne outside the MCG in Melbourne, Monday, March 7, 2022 (AAP Image/Joel Carrett)
Shane Warne's body will be flown back to Australia on Tuesday after Thai police confirmed he died of a suspected heart attack and his family spoke of "a tragedy we will never come to terms with".
Police said there were no suspicious circumstances in the death of the 52-year-old on the Thai resort island of Koh Samui on Friday.
Citing autopsy results, Thai Police Lieutenant-General Surachate Hakparn, assistant commissioner-general, told a news conference on Monday that Warne's death was due to natural causes, with no signs of foul play.
Songyot Chayaninporamet, deputy director of Samui Hospital, told reporters the autopsy report showed Warne died of a "congenital disease".
"There is no COVID-19 infection and no sign of assault or murder," Songyot added.
Warne's body was to be transported to Bangkok on Monday night and flown back to Australia on Tuesday, media reports said.
In a statement on Monday night the Warne family said the night of March 4 was for them the beginning of "a never-ending nightmare", and the cricket icon's death was "a tragedy we will never come to terms with".
"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," his father and mother Keith and Brigitte said.
Warne's son Jackson wrote: "To my brother, my best friend, to my Dad, I love you so much. I don't think anything is ever going to fill the void you have left in my heart."
Warne's youngest daughter Summer wrote: "Dad, I miss you so much already. I wish I could've hugged you tighter in what I didn't know were my final moments with you. And your final breaths were only moments away."
Eldest daughter Brooke wrote: "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."
More details have been revealed about the Melbourne-born cricket legend's passing.
One of the paramedics called to the scene on Friday after Warne was found unconscious in his villa has described how his friends desperately tried to revive him by applying CPR.
"They were desperate. I think one was crying. They were really stressed and panicked," Anuch Han-iam told British tabloid The Sun.
"They kept trying to wake him and I heard someone saying, 'come on, Shane, come on, Shane'.
"I could see they were all shocked and I just tried to concentrate and do my best.
"I did my best for him and gave all my energy. I'm so sorry that I couldn't help him," Anuch said.
Bo Phut Police Station Superintendent Yuttana Sirisombat earlier told reporters on Koh Samui island that Warne had been suffering chest pains before arriving in Thailand. He also had asthma and had seen a doctor about his heart.
Warne's manager James Erskine has also revealed the cricketer had recently come off a "ridiculous" fluid-only diet.
"He did go on these ridiculous sorts of diets, and he was just finished with one," he told Nine Network on the weekend.
"It was a bit all or nothing. It was either white buns with butter and lasagna stuffed in the middle or he would be having black and green juices.
"He obviously smoked most of his life. I don't know. I think it was just a massive heart attack."
Warne was only three days into a planned three-month holiday.
His friend Andrew Neophitou, who was among the group, had gone to check on him.
"They were going to have a drink ... or go and meet someone to go out and have a drink at 5pm and Neo knocked on his door at 5.15pm because Warnie is always on time," Mr Erskine said.
"He went in there ... and then realised something was wrong. And he turned him over and gave him CPR and mouth-to-mouth, which lasted about 20 minutes and then the ambulance came."
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed on Sunday Warne's family had accepted the government's offer of a state funeral.
"It will be an opportunity for Victorians to pay tribute to his contribution to his sport, to our state and the country," Mr Andrews said.
I've spoken with the Warne family again today and they have accepted my offer of a State Funeral to remember Shane.
— Dan Andrews (@DanielAndrewsMP) March 6, 2022
It will be an opportunity for Victorians to pay tribute to his contribution to his sport, to our state and the country.
Details will be finalised in coming days.
A special tribute for the one and only Shane Warne. pic.twitter.com/0b0LJ3ilgM
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) March 5, 2022
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The commonly-found Yellow Staining mushroom turns yellow when the cap or stem is bruised by a thumbnail. They are often mixed with field mushrooms, and can cause severe illness. (AAP Image/Victoria Department of Human Services)
The humidity and and unrelenting rain that's characterised summer and the start of autumn have created ideal conditions for wild mushrooms to sprout and authorities are warning not to risk eating the potentially poisonous fungi.
The NSW Poisons Information Centre has received 73 calls about mushroom exposures this year.
It says 45 calls were about accidental exposures, with more than 80 per cent of them occurring in children under five.
There were 16 calls about adults who ate wild mushrooms as food and 10 calls about mushrooms being ingested for "recreational purposes".
NSW Poisons Information's Genevieve Adamo says the number of adults choosing to ingest the possibly poisonous mushrooms is alarming.
"Mushrooms found in the wild, even in people's own backyard, are not safe to eat," she said on Monday.
"For children, mushroom ingestion is often accidental. But for adults, we know that ingestion is usually intentional.
"People don't realise that this could be deadly," Ms Adamo said.
Many mushrooms growing in the wild can cause serious poisoning, including the Death Cap mushroom, which - if eaten - can lead to potentially fatal organ damage.
Poisonous mushrooms in Australia can look like edible mushrooms from Europe and Asia and changes in the appearance of mushrooms during the life cycle make it difficult to identify safely.
"Toxic mushrooms can grow in a spot where previously only edible mushrooms grew.
"The fact you have safely eaten mushrooms growing in that spot previously is no guarantee that it is safe to pick mushrooms again," Ms Adamo warned.
"Eating wild mushrooms is never worth the risk."
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NSW has recorded 8782 new COVID-19 cases and another five deaths.
There are 1009 coronavirus patients currently in NSW hospitals, 43 of them in intensive care.
Of the latest infections, 5509 were recorded using rapid antigen kits and 3273 via PCR lab tests.
Some 95.8 per cent of people aged 16 and over in NSW have had at least one dose and 94.4 per cent have had two.
NSW Health is reporting 5278 active cases in the Wollongong LGA, 1620 in Shellharbour, 1449 in the Shoalhaven, 929 in the Wingecarribee, 557 cases in the Eurobodalla, 518 in Muswellbrook and 320 in Kiama.
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Tributes continue to flow for cricket great Shane Warne who has died in Thailand from a suspected heart attack.
Newspapers, celebrities, politicians and adoring fans lined up to recall their memories of the legendary legspinner.
Others left flowers, meat pies, beers and cigarettes at his statue outside the MCG, where the southern stand will be renamed the S.K. Warne Stand in his honour.
The Victorian and federal governments have both offered a state funeral to his family, which includes Warne's daughters Brooke, 24, and Summer, 20, as well as 22-year-old son Jackson.
"Nobody who saw Shane Warne play will ever forget him," Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said on Saturday.
"To us, he was the greatest - but to his family, he was so much more."
Hollywood star Russell Crowe tweeted he was having a hard time accepting the news.
"Genius player. Grand company. Loyal friend," he tweeted.
Rolling Stones frontman and passionate cricket fan Mick Jagger tweeted: "He brought such joy to the game and was the greatest spin bowler ever".
Prime Minister Scott Morrison offered his condolences to the Warne family in a written statement.
"Shane was his own man, following his own path," Mr Morrison said.
Australian officials arrived in Thailand on Saturday to assist Thai authorities and help arrange the repatriation process.
Warne was taken to the Thai International Hospital after his suspected heart attack on Friday.
The Reuters news agency reported one of Warne's friends performed CPR on him after finding the 52-year-old unresponsive in a rented villa.
Thai Police said there were no suspicious circumstances.
"No foul play was suspected at the scene based on our investigation," they said in a statement.
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