Meet Shane Warne’s ex-wife Simone Callahan as cricket legend dies

Australian cricketer Shane Warne has died aged 52 of a suspected heart attack.

His death was confirmed on Friday afternoon (March 4th) in a statement from his management team who revealed that the legendary sportsman died in his villa in Koh Samui, Thailand.

“Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived. The family requests privacy at this time and will provide further details in due course,” it said.

As tributes to the cricketer, who is widely considered one of the greatest bowlers of all time, flood social media, let’s get to know him a little better. Who was his wife?

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Meet Shane’s ex-wife

Shane Warne was married to his ex-wife Simone Callahan from 1995 to 2005.

The 52-year-old from Australia is not famous in her own right and shot to fame when she began dating the cricketer.

They have three children together, Brooke, Summer and Jackson, who are all now in their 20s.

Her 19,000 follower Instagram profile reveals that she is a now yoga teacher in 2022 and lives near Melbourne.

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Cheating scandal leads to divorce

Simone left Shane in 2005 following a huge cheating scandal.

She had just moved to England to start a new life with the cricketer and their children when allegations that he had been seeing other woman flooded the newspapers.

So, Simone returned to Australia with their three children just before the 2005 Ashes, left Shane in England and filed for divorce.

However, they stayed close for the children’s sake and grew closer before officially becoming a couple again in 2009.

They then separated for good in 2010 and Shane began dating English actress Elizabeth Hurley not long after.

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Documentary reflects on their marriage

In January 2022, Shane released an Amazon Prime documentary called Shane which reflects on his life and marriage.

In the hour-long film, he revealed that he sat alone drinking in a hotel room when Simone took their children and left.

“I think that was the lowest. The impact on my children, they wouldn’t get to see me and that was my fault…I would go back and raid the mini bar,” he said.

Simone and their three children also appear in the documentary and all give interviews that reflect on the marriage breakdown.

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