- Jackson Warne shares fitting tribute to cricket icon dad
- Shane Warne died suddenly in Thailand three years ago
Shane Warne’s son Jackson has commemorated his dad in a very different way to his elder sister Brooke, as he marked the third anniversary of the Spin King’s shock death this week.
Jackson, 25, paid tribute to his cricket icon father by organising a poker night – something that Warne loved.
‘I still do all the things I used to do with dad except he’s just not here,’ Jackson told the Herald Sun.
‘I still love to play poker, I still go to the gym, I still loving watching sports but I’m definitely starting to feel that loss of him not being here a lot more this year than I have in the past.
‘Maybe that’s because it’s been three years and I’m definitely starting to miss him.’
Warne tragically died of a heart attack at 52 on March 4, 2022, while staying at a luxury villa on the Thailand holiday island of Koh Samui.
Shane Warne (pictured with Jackson) tragically died of a heart attack at 52 on March 4, 2022
Jackson paid tribute to his cricket icon father with a poker night
Thai police said he was staying in the villa with four friends, and when one of the group tried to wake Shane at around 5pm local time, he was found to be unresponsive.
His eldest child Brooke, 27, also made an emotional tribute to mark the day sharing a gallery of heartfelt photos to social media which captured some of the precious moments she shared with her sporting legend father.
One never-before-seen photo captured a happy Warne tenderly cradling a newborn Brooke, while another image saw them posing in front of a seaside setting.
Brooke captioned the gallery with some emotional words.
‘Three years without you Dad. I miss laughing with you about the little things, there is so much I want to show you,’ she began.
‘I know you’re always with us, I love you. I miss you every day.’
Many of Brooke’s famous family and friends took to the comment section to pay their respects.
Her brother Jackson, Brendan Fevola, Tammy Hembrow and Bec Judd shared love heart emoji’s on the post.
Jackson says he’s starting to feel the loss of his dad more and more as the years go by
Jackson says he still does all the things he used to do with his father, except he’s not here
The cricketing legend died from a heart attack at the age of 52 while attending a wellness retreat in Thailand on March 4, 2022
Warne shared his three children with his ex-wife Simone Callahan: Brooke, Jackson, and Summer.
The Shane Warne Legacy, which provides free heart tests, was founded by the three siblings.
Warne is considered one of the finest cricketers in history after claiming 708 Test wickets at 25.41 in 145 matches between 1992 and 2007.
