It's been more than four years since we lost legendary cricketer Shane Warne but now the Australian icon's son has suggested an alternate reason for his death.
Warne, whose superb spin bowling tormented England in the Ashes for over a decade, lived a vivacious life away from the sport and he had struggled with chest pain and other health issues before his death.
The larger-than-life character was also well known for appearing on I'm a Celebrity and being the only campmate to be allowed his cigarettes, but it was a problem with his heart, rather than his lungs, that led to his death.
How did Shane Warne die?
It has long been reported that the 52-year-old had died of a heart attack from natural causes, with his son Jackson previously detailing the devastating circumstances in which he discovered that his father had passed away while he was holidaying in Thailand.
A post-mortem also showed no signs of foul play and concluded he died of died of a 'congenital disease'.
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But now 26-year-old Jackson has dropped a bombshell regarding his father, suggesting that it was instead a myocardial infection caused by the coronavirus vaccine.
What has Shane Warne's son said about his death?
Asked on the 2 Worlds Collide Podcast if the Covid-19 vaccine killed the cricket legend, he replied: "I definitely think that it was involved. I don't even think saying that is controversial anymore. Even if dad had underlying health issues, I think this brought it straight to the surface.
"My first impression, as soon as I hung up the phone, I instantly blamed the government. I instantly blamed Covid and the vaccine. Doing things like the state memorial, where that's funded by Vic Gov and the MCG and there has to be certain due diligence and people in the crowds have to get photos and all that stuff, I felt really uncomfortable.
"At the state memorial, I nearly said I blame the government and Covid, but I didn't. It was probably smart I didn't - I'd be in a very different position if I did. But that was how I felt. Even the last three or four years, I have not changed my tune.
"At the end of the day, we'll never know. The autopsy is online. I know what happened to him. Dad, at the time, was healthy, he was happy. He looked the best he had in a while. Yes, he smoked and drank, but how many more people in their 80s and 90s still smoke and drink a lot more than dad?
"Yes, a lot of people were dying of heart attacks before. But dad was ok, I think he might have got three or four [vaccine jabs], he didn't want to get them, he was forced to get them for work.
"He was forced to get them like everybody else. Dad wasn't the only person. When dad passed, he was probably the most famous Australian that people could go, 'yep, that's Covid,' but I try not to think about it too much because all that does is fester into anger. That anger is not good for anybody."
Can the Covid vaccine cause heart problems?
It is true that some of the Covid vaccines can cause heart problems such as myocarditis or pericarditis, although it was most common in men under the age of 25.
Studies last year confirmed the link between the vaccines and the inflammation to both the heart muscle (myocardium) and the sac surrounding it (pericardium), which can present symptoms which are extremely similar to that of a heart attack.
Although the risk is slightly higher after taking the vaccine, this still only affects a reported one in 10,000 people, whereas the vaccine itself also ensured that vaccinated adults had a 74 per cent lower risk of dying in hospital from Covid complications.
Cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have indeed surged since the pandemic but most studies suggest that this mainly affected adolescent males.
James Moorhouse