Kerry Packer [SEP] cause of death
Australian TV documentary program "Australian Story", a rare occasion on which Packer granted a media interview (and, to the surprise of many, not to his own network; "Australian Story" is produced by the public network, ABC).
After recovering from the operation, Packer launched an organ transplant association in memory of cricketer David Hookes.
Death.
Kerry Packer died of kidney failure on 26 December 2005, nine days after his 68th birthday, at home in Sydney, Australia, with his family
Kerry Packer Foundation
The Kerry Packer Foundation was announced by James Packer at the MCG on 26 December 2006, with an A$10 million endowment for the support of disadvantaged cricketers in Australia. The announcement came on the first anniversary of the death of billionaire tycoon and cricket lover Kerry Packer.