Media tycoon Kerry Packer dies

Australia’s richest man, the media and gambling mogul Kerry Packer, has died, his family said in a statement tonight.

Mon, 26 Dec, 2005 - 22:52

Australia’s richest man, the media and gambling mogul Kerry Packer, has died, his family said in a statement tonight.

Packer, 68, listed by Forbes magazine this year as the 94th richest man in the world with a €4bn fortune, died at his Sydney home earlier today, according to the statement released through his Nine Network television.

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