Kerry Packer Dies As reported by Channel 4 News: "Kerry Packer, Australia's richest tycoon and the man who created one day cricket, has died at the age of 68. "He was known as a brash, swashbuckling businessman with a voracious apetite for gambling, both in the boardroom and in the casino. "However, Packer will be remembered most of all as the man who transformed the game of cricket. "...Cricket Australia chairman Creagh O'Connor said: "One-day international cricket is now an international phenomena as a result of Kerry Packer." "Packer owned about 30 per cent of Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd., which operates Australia's Channel Nine television network, publishes a swag of magazines, and has interests in Australian casinos..." | 
