Lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the Rolling Stones Mick Jagger paid tribute to Austrian cricketer Shane Warn who died suddenly on Friday (May 3).
Jagger tweeted, “I’m so saddened by the sudden death of Shane Warne. He brought such joy to the game and was the greatest spin bowler ever.”
Warne widely considered one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history, was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the 1994 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. He was the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 1997 and 2004. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet, and the only one still playing at the time.
He died of a heart attack after four friends tried for 20 minutes to resuscitate him in Koh Samui villa on a ‘boys’ holiday’ in Thailand. He was 52.
Jagger, was recently in Portland, Jamaica recording music at the Geejam Resort.
In 1989, Jagger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2004 into the UK Music Hall of Fame with the Rolling Stones. As a member of the Rolling Stones, and as a solo artist, he reached number one on the UK and US singles charts with 13 singles, the top 10 with 32 singles and the top 40 with 70 singles. In 2003, he was knighted for his services to popular music.
