"Of all the impressions that he left with me, none was greater or more indelible than his passionate commitment to the interests of Australia," Howard said. He revolutionized sports television coverage in Australia and throughout the world, with his backing for day-night cricket, golf, tennis and various football codes.Īustralian Prime Minister John Howard praised Packer Tuesday as a "great Australian" who dominated the Australian media scene for more than a generation. He was passionate about sports, playing cricket and polo. Packer was known as Australia's biggest punter at racetracks and at casinos around the world.
More recently, he had been developing two casinos in Macau with Hong Kong-based businessman Stanley Ho. His interests extended to ski resorts, beef cattle properties, petrochemicals, property investment, resources and engineering. His business empire, built around Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL), includes television, magazines, Internet-related enterprises, Melbourne's Crown Casino and the Burswood Casino in Perth. Kerry Packer and her children James and Gretel sadly report the passing last evening of her husband and their father Kerry," according to a statement released through the Nine television network, which Packer controlled. $6.9 billion ($5.1 billion), according to Australian business magazine BRW's annual rich list. Packer, a larger than life character known as a sports fanatic and prodigious gambler, had amassed a fortune of Aust. His family issued a statement Tuesday morning saying Packer died peacefully at home on Monday night, with his family at his bedside. SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) - Australia's richest man, media and gaming mogul Kerry Packer, has died in Sydney at the age of 68.
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