Cricket Legend Richie Benaud Dies After Battling Skin Cancer

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Cricket Legend Richie Benaud Dies After Battling Skin Cancer

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Legendary cricket commentator Richie Benaud has died in a Sydney hospice.

The 84-year-old had been receiving radiation treatment for skin cancer since November.

Former Australian cricket captain and commentator Richie Benaud has died. He has been the face and voice of Australian cricket for decades.

His family announced that he had died peacefully in his sleep, Channel Nine reported.

In 2013, Benaud was involved in a car crash outside his Coogee home that left him with two fractured vertebrae and ended his time in the commentary box.

While his commentating for Channel Nine has become the stuff of summer legend, Benaud led the Australian team to world cricket dominance in the late 1950s.

He played 64 Test matches as an all-rounder between 1952 and 1964.

He took up his spot behind the microphone with the BBC while still captaining Australia in 1960, before becoming one of the greatest commentators in world cricket over the next half a century.

He is widely regarded as one of the most influential people in the game's history.

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RIP Richie!


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RIP mate....I will miss hearing your commentary...
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I was saddened to hear this earlier this morning - RIP Richie, the voice of world cricket.
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He had a marvelous innings
R.I.P Richie :hattip:
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A true gentleman. I hope there will be a full show of impersonators at his funeral.
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