Former England Cricket Captain Tony Greig Dies

09:36AM Sat 29 Dec, 2012

SYDNEY (AP) — Hospital officials say former England captain and cricket commentator Tony Greig has died after suffering a heart attack. He was 66. Greig had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer, but the cause of death was a heart attack at his home on Saturday morning and he died early Saturday afternoon. Australian Associated Press quoted St. Vincent’s Hospital spokesman David Faktort as saying "he was rushed into St Vincent's hospital. The staff of the emergency department worked on Mr. Greig to no avail." The Sydney-based, South Africa-born Greig was initially diagnosed with bronchitis in May, but the condition lingered and in October he had tests that revealed a small lesion at the base of his right lung.