'Miss your big hugs': Shane Warne's family pays heartbreaking tribute on his first death anniversary
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: The void Shane Warne left after his death cannot be filled, but his family believes that he’s now in a much better place and at peace. On his first death anniversary, he has been fondly remembered by his former wife, Simone Callahan, and their three children. All of them honored the legendary cricketer by taking to their respective social media accounts.
Simone posted a throwback video of Shane on Instagram, which showed him singing and dancing with kids. The caption of it said, “Remembering Shane, Always bringing Joy and Love to our children Brooke, Jackson & Summer. He just wanted to be the best Dad, We miss you, forever in our Hearts, I hope you have found comfort & Peace ✨🤍🕊️❤️🙏.”
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‘Miss you mate’
The late spin bowler’s only son, Jackson also shared his own tribute on his Instagram page, which came with a compilation video of inspirational movie lines about life. It also included a photo of him with his famous father. The 23-year-old captioned the emotional share as “1 year ago today Miss you mate, love Jacko ❤️.”
The elder daughter of Shane and Simone’s post was an adorable video of her as a child playing around with her dad. Brooke wrote, “I love you Dad, I will always remember us this way, laughing & happy. 1 year today, feels like yesterday you were taken but forever since I’ve seen you. I miss your big hugs so much & you telling me everything is okay, life will never be the same without you Dad, I miss you 🤍 💔😞 Forever our shining star 🤍⭐️💫.”
‘I’m still trying to navigate life’
The youngest of all, Summer chose to write a long note in memory of Shane while holding a photo of him in the first slide of the post, while the second one showed a childhood version of her with her dad. The 20-year-old penned, “1 year ago, one of the people that I love most in the whole entire world left and went to heaven 🤍 My beautiful dad 🤍 I miss you just about every second of every day.”
“I’m still trying to navigate life without you here, trying my best to live in a world without you in it. I miss you when I laugh and cry because you were always the one that made my laughter grow, and my tears disappear. I miss the memories we will never get to have. I hold you close within my heart, and there you shall remain, until the day that we meet again. I love you. SJ 🤍,” she added.
'A never-ending nightmare'
Shane was 52 and on a boys’ trip on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand in March last year when he died because of a heart attack, reports at the time had said. Also, his parents, Keith and Brigitte Warne, issued a statement, noting, “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.”