Sam Newman has revealed the most surprising moment of Shane Warne‘s emotional memorial at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday night.
The AFL legend, 76, revealed he was stunned to discover a representative from the United Nations had attended the memorial to pay respects to the cricketer.
‘The UN nearly blew me out of the water,’ he said on Channel Seven’s Sunrise.
Surprising: AFL legend Sam Newman (pictured) has revealed the most surprising moment of Shane Warne’s emotional memorial at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
‘They had a representative from the UN.If that man hasn’t taken all before him, I’d like to see someone who can top that,’ he added.
Famous faces rolled into the MCG to pay tribute to Warne, with AFL legends Garry Lyon and Sam Newman, former cricketers David Boon, Andrew Symonds and Chris O’Donnell and music icon Molly Meldrum all in attendance.
Colourful Melbourne figure Mick Gatto, ex-footy stars Nick Riewoldt and Leigh Montagna and ex-cricketer Darren Berry were also in attendance.
‘It blew me out of the water! The AFL legend revealed he was shocked to discover a representative from the UN had attended the memorial to pay respects to Warne (pictured)
Politicians including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Labor leader Anthony Albanese, former PM John Howard and Victorian Premier Dan Andrews were also among the 50,000+ packing the ground.
Kylie Minogue, Hugh Jackman, and Chris Martin also paid tribute to Warne at his star-studded state memorial.
The A-listers sent video messages from around the world which were aired during the service.
Memorial: Famous faces rolled into the MCG to pay tribute to Warne, with AFL legends Garry Lyon and Sam Newman, former cricketers David Boon, Andrew Symonds and Chris O’Donnell and music icon Molly Meldrum all in attendance
Warne died on March 4 at the age of 52 while on holiday with his friends in Koh Samui, Thailand. He died from ‘natural causes’, an autopsy concluded.
Four friends who were staying with Shane battled to save his life for 20 minutes after he was found unconscious in a villa in their Koh Samui resort.
Thai police said that he was staying in the villa with four friends, and when one of the group tried to wake Shane for food at around 5pm local time he was found to be unresponsive.
Tragic: Warne died from ‘natural causes’ on March 4 at the age of 52 while on holiday with his friends in Koh Samui, Thailand
