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by **Lionheart** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:12 am

by **drummerphil** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:46 am

cant say i know that much about him,but i do remember him having something to do with the England cricket players rebel tour of South Africa

by **Lionheart** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:57 am

Started off the rebel International Cricket Corporation in the 1970s. He is also a big wig in the media here in Oz.

I have to apologise, I got Packer mixed up with Rupert Murdoch, of whom you are all only TOO familiar with. :cool:

by **greenred** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:37 am

Ive heard of Kerry Packer but his death means nothing to me im sorry to say.Sorry for his family etc etc.

by **Lionheart** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 6:24 am

I think the lads could lock this topic. A case of mistaken identity, etc.

Not to mention the brainless fool who started it in the first place!!! :eyebrow

by **mighty mo** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 6:42 pm

there a few stories about packer that i heard this morning on talksport,he was a competitive gambler and once lost 11 million dollars in 1 hour in a vegas casino and one day when he was a table in a vegas casino a texan cowboy with the ten gallon hat was getting boisterous and loud and was :censored:

packer off,so packer asked him how much was worth and the texan said 9 million ,packer pulled a coin from his pocket and asked to toss for it.

by **Lionheart** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:30 am

It was actually 100 million he offered the Texan to toss the coin for, not 9 million.

But he was also extremely generous, he purchased heart monitor and defib machines for ALL the ambulances in New South Wales after suffering a heart attack on the polo field.

by **AussieKopite** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:58 pm

He was quite generous, made a lot of donations anonymously.

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