A Thailand paramedic has opened up on the efforts to revive cricket legend Shane Warne after he suffered a fatal heart attack last Friday.
Warne passed away aged 52 in Koh Samui, Thailand on Friday night.
Paramedic Anuch Han-iam told The Sun that Warne was unresponsive by the time help arrived at the two-storey villa at the Samujan resort at 5pm local time.
"Shane's friends were already trying to bring him back to life," he said.
"I took over doing CPR while we waited for an ambulance.
"They were desperate. I think one was crying. They were really stressed and panicked.
"They kept trying to wake him and I heard someone saying, 'Come on, Shane. Come on, Shane'.
"I could see they were all shocked and I just tried to concentrate and do my best.
Han-iam told the Sun the villa looked very clean.
"There were about four or five other people in the room. All men, there were no women.
"The villa was clean and I didn't see any beer or cigarettes inside.
"There was nothing unusual that made me think they'd been partying. I didn't know when I arrived that it was Shane Warne. But I know who he is, he's a star.
"I did my best for him and gave all my energy. I'm so sorry that I couldn't help him."
Extreme diet
Speaking with Australian TV show Nine's Today, Warne's long-time manager James Erskine said Warne had finished a fluid-only diet for two weeks.
"He did go on these ridiculous sort of diets … and was just finished one, where he basically only ate fluids for 14 days, and he'd done this three or four times.
"He was a bit all or nothing, it was either white buns with butter and lasagne stuffed in the middle, or he'd be basically having these black or green juices," Erskine said.
"I just think it was a massive heart attack, I think that's what's happened," he said.
Thai police have also revealed Warne was suffering chest pains before he left Australia for a holiday in Thailand.
Police Colonel Yuthana Sirisombat told reporters on Saturday night his family had informed them of the late cricket legend's history of heart disease and asthma and their concern about his health before he left Australia last week.
The 52-year-old had recently "seen a doctor about his heart", Sirisombat said.
Colonel Sirisombat said it was these family revelations — and a review of CCTV footage — that led police to rule out any foul play in the father-of-three's death.
Warne's body has been sent to Suratthani Hospital for an autopsy, as his family fights for it to be returned to Australia as soon as possible.
"A large amount of blood was found in the room," Pol Maj Gen Satit Polpinit, commander of Surat Thani Provincial Police, told Thai newspaper Matichon.
"When CPR was started, the deceased had coughed up liquid and was bleeding."
'He hated drugs'
A masseuse had visited Warne on Friday but police were not clear on what time of the day.
Around 5.15pm he was found face down on his bed after a suspected heart attack by close friend Andrew Neophitou, who was an executive producer on a recently released documentary on Warne's life.
The first day of the Test match between Australian and Pakistan was playing on the television in his room.
"They were meant to meet some people at 5pm. Neo was next door, he's always on time," Warne's long-time manager James Erskine told The Age.
"He realised he wasn't well. He tried to give mouth-to-mouth, tried to resuscitate him, he had no heartbeat, the ambulance came 20 minutes later and an hour and a bit later he was pronounced dead."
Police confirmed no drugs were found in the room but took samples from a water bottle.
Erskine rejected any claims Warne's death was linked to his reputation as a man who liked to party. He was visiting close friend Gareth Edwards, a poker-playing mate who runs the resort, to begin what was supposed to be a three-month trip.
"He was on holiday, having a lie down, siesta, he hadn't been drinking, he'd been on this diet to lose weight," he said.
"He didn't drink much. Everyone thinks he's a big boozer but he's not a big boozer at all. I sent him a crate of wine, 10 years later it's still there. He doesn't drink, never took drugs, ever. He hated drugs, so nothing untoward."
It came after Aussie cricket great Ian Healy said he was not surprised by Warne's premature death.
Healy said he was worried Warne would have been battling cancer at a young age.
"An early passing didn't surprise me for Warnie," Healy told The Today Show on Saturday.
"He didn't look after his body that well. He yo-yoed up and down.
"He didn't put much sunscreen on. I thought it would have become skin issues for him over time, but not at 52. And he would have been full of beans right to the end, I bet."
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