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A post-mortem has confirmed Shane Warne’s cause of death was “natural causes”.

Shane Warne’s manager has told how the cricket legend’s three children are struggling to come to terms with his sudden death in Thailand.

Warne's family has been "shattered" by the sudden death of the Australian cricket great, and his children are in "complete shock," his long-time manager, James Erskine, said on Sunday. One of the finest bowlers of all time whose talent and personality transcended cricket, Warne died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52 on Friday, a day after arriving on Thailand's island of Koh Samui for a vacation.

MELBOURNE: Shane Warne's family has been "shattered" by the sudden death of the Australian cricket great, and his children are in "complete shock," his long-time manager, James Erskine, said on Sunday (Mar 6).

Shane Warne saw a doctor about his heart before his death in a Thai villa, police said, as reports emerged blood stains were also found in the cricket legend’s hotel room.

Details of Shane Warne's shocking death on Friday have been revealed by the former cricket star's friend and manager James Erskine.

Friends of Shane Warne who were staying with him in Thailand before his unexpected death have met with Thai Police to discuss repatriating the Australian cricketing great's body.

Warne's death due to a suspected heart-attack on Friday reveal that he was watching cricket before a scheduled meeting with friends for dinner when he suffered the attack. A report in Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday said that the legendary spinner's business manager performed CPR for about 20 minutes to save him. "The 52-year-old's long-time manager told the Herald and The Age (that) Warne had not been drinking before he was found by his friend Andrew Neophitou, an executive producer on his recently released documentary, who had gone to Warne's Thailand hotel room before a planned dinner," the report said. The reports added that Warne was found unconscious "with the historic first Test between Australia and Pakistan playing on the television". It said the legendary spinner was holidaying at a resort in Koh Samui, Thailand "as part of a rare extended holiday" and was scheduled to travel to the UK on his commentating assignment.