Death of Kerry Packer

Only caught up with this today, as I had been away from news for the last two days. His final hours are recounted here.

Some of his better quotes are here.

Packer may not be a household name in NZ, but in Australia he was huge. Purely on the wealth side he clocked in at A$6.5 billion. He once lost A$28 million at casions over three weeks, but also once made $33 million at anotehr casino.

As a media owner he had most of his fame. When Australia’s Naughtiest Home Videos had its inaugural appearance on one of his stations, he disliked it so much he called them up and demanded they stop showing it mid-broadcast!

He also helped bring about a revolution in Cricket, the one-day game.