Cricket icon Richie Benaud dies aged 84

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Tributes have poured in for legendary Australian cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud, who has died at 84. Benaud, who captained his country and made 63 Test match appearances, had been battling skin cancer and recovering from the after-effects of a car accident in 2013. Dubbed the Voice of Cricket, he was as revered in England, where he worked on television from 1963 to 2005, as he was in his homeland..

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    Tributes have poured in for legendary Australian cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud, who has died at 84. Benaud, who captained his country and made 63 Test match appearances, had been battling skin cancer and recovering from the after-effects of a car accident in 2013. Dubbed the Voice of Cricket, he was as revered in England, where he worked on television from 1963 to 2005, as he was in his homeland.

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    Watch Richie Benaud, legendary broadcaster, cricket commentator and former Australian cricket captain has died at the age of 84. He was battling skin cancer.

    He played in more than 60 Test matches and then became one of the best-known voices in world sport.

    Andy Swiss looks back at Richie Benaud's career.

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    Former Australian captain Richie Benaud, known as the 'voice of cricket' to fans around the world, has died aged 84.

    Benaud, one of Australia's most influential cricketers and much loved commentators, died overnight in his sleep. He had been fighting skin cancer and suffered serious injury in a car accident in late 2013.

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    Tributes have poured in for legendary Australian cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud, who has died at 84.
    Benaud had been battling skin cancer and recovering from the after-effects of a car accident in 2013.
    He was as revered in England, where he worked on television from 1963 to 2005, as he was in his homeland.
    Moments after his death, stars and cricket fans vented their emotions on Twitter.
    Australian prime minister Tony Abbott said: 'A sad day for Australia. We have lost a cricketing champion and Australian icon. What an innings. RIP Richie Benaud.'

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    A pioneering leg-spin bowler, Benaud played in 63 Tests, 28 as captain, before retiring in 1964 to pursue a career in journalism and broadcasting.

    His final commentary in England came during the 2005 Ashes series but he continued to work for Channel Nine in Australia until 2013.

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    Tributes have poured in for former Australian cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud who has died in a Sydney hospice, aged 84.

    Benaud, widely regarded as one of the most influential people in the game's history, had been receiving radiation treatment for skin cancer since November.

    Channel Nine, the Australian network where he took the lead commentator's position in 1977, said he had died in his sleep on Thursday night local time.

    Nine's head of sport, Steve Crawley said: 'You didn't have to know Richie to love him - everything about him.

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