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	Kerry Packer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Packer was known to sometimes take a direct interest in the editorial content of his papers, although he was far less interventionist than the notoriously hands-on Murdoch.
		Packer was famously quoted from a 1976 meeting with the Australian Cricket Board, with whom he met to negotiate the rights to televise cricket.
		Packer was a keen polo player, a longtime heavy smoker and an avid gambler, fabled for his titanic wins and losses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kerry_Packer (2876 words)

	Australia's richest man, media mogul Kerry Packer, dead at 68 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Packer was trained in all aspects of his father's business except as a reporter - he suffered from the learning disability dyslexia and was not considered journalist material.
		Packer was undoubtedly a powerful businessman, courted by prime ministers and credited with using his media empire to make or break governments.
		Kerry Packer is survived by his wife of 42 years, Roslyn, his son James and daughter Gretel.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/business/051226/b122620.html (854 words)

	Media Man Australia - The Online Home of Greg Tingle - Journalist & TV Presenter
		Kerry and his brother Clyde saw little of him and when they did it was often to get a taste of Sir Frank's strict discipline.
		Young Kerry's case was severe and he spent nine months immobilised in an iron lung, an early version of a respirator, which helped him to breathe.
		Kerry finished school when he was 19 and went to work for his father's newspapers.
	www.mediaman.com.au /articles/packer1.html (698 words)

	Kerry Packer - Uncyclopedia
		Packer was created by Saruman the White as part of the orc army but ended up in Australia where he gained control over the entirety of the country's media.
		Packer's ruthless approach to television was demonstrated in 1978 in relation to cricket, when Packer personally visited every member of the then-Australian Cricket Board and threatened to anally penetrate them with a cricket stump unless they assigned him the rights to broadcast cricket.
		Packer was beset by health problems for most of his life, but was blessed with a loving empire of willing employees, who were only too happy to donate body parts to ensure his longevity.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Kerry_Packer (586 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Obituaries \| Kerry Packer
		Kerry and his brother Clyde were born into financial and social privilege, but their family life left much to be desired.
		From the age of five until nine, Kerry saw his mother Gretel perhaps half a dozen times, though some of this dislocation was admittedly due to a bout of polio that meant nine months in an iron lung and two years in Canberra with a private nurse.
		Packer, who according to Barry was shattered by the innuendo, identified himself as the Goanna but denied the allegations.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,1674169,00.html (1505 words)

	AsiaMedia :: AUSTRALIA: Kerry Packer laid to rest in country he loved
		Kerry Packer was always going to leave that kind of hole, but at least he died at home.
		Kerry Packer was not a star maker in the sense of the old Hollywood studio moguls — though he could, on a couple of famous occasions, be a star breaker.
		Under Kerry Packer's tenure, wage increases -- once up to $150,000 in Richard Carleton's case -- could be decided on the toss of a coin, or -- with George Negus -- chanced on a figure scrawled on the back of a beer coaster.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=36306 (1667 words)

	AsiaMedia :: AUSTRALIA: Media baron Kerry Packer dies
		Packer, 68, who was Australia's richest man, died with his family at his bedside, a television announcer said, quoting from a statement released by the family.
		Packer was also responsible for a revolution in the cricket world in the late 1970s, when he introduced World Series cricket and popularised the one-day version of the game.
		Packer officially handed over the reins of PBL to son James in 1998 but was still involved in the day-to-day running of the operation.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=36291 (379 words)

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		Kerry Packer was uninformed about the afterlife: Granted he was a successful businessman – building an empire from the $100 million he inherited from his father to more than $8 billion just before he died on the 27th December 2005 at the age of 67 years.
		Now if K Packer was into these stated negative behaviors he would not want to accept the existence of the afterlife where he has to account for all his negativity and where the consequences would be very harsh, horrendous and horrible for an indefinite period of time.
		Kerry Packer in fact, like everybody else would judge himself by the level of vibrations he brought with him from physical earth.
	www.victorzammit.com /articles/kerrypacker.html (2443 words)

	CNN.com - Media mogul Kerry Packer dies - Dec 27, 2005
		Kerry Packer and her children James and Gretel sadly report the passing last evening of her husband and their father Kerry," according to a statement released through the Nine television network, which Packer controlled.
		Packer was regarded as among the shrewdest businessmen in Australia.
		Packer's death is expected to leave a large hole in the Australian media scene.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/obit.packer (786 words)

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		Packer is the son of the late billionaire media mogul Kerry Packer.
		The passing of Kerry Packer has further fueled speculation that PBL may sell their stake in the Nine Network and instead focus on their lucrative gambling ventures.
		Kerry Packer has been repeatedly hospitalised in recent years, including for kidney surgery in 1998, a heart bypass in New York the same year, surgery for problems with his arteries in 1999 and a kidney transplant in 2000.
	lycos.com /info/kerry-packer.html (520 words)

	Kerry Packer dead: long live the Goanna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Since the death of Kerry Packer the Australian public has been treated to the unedifying spectacle of hordes of sycophantic journalists and politicians sucking up to the mighty Packer empire and eulogising one of Australia's most ruthless and brutal business operators.
		To put it into some perspective, Kerry Packer was a ruthless robber baron who used his enormous wealth and power to intimidate and bully politicians, staff and rivals into submission, in order to further the wealth of his tribe.
		Kerry Packer famously stated after his first heart attack that there is no heaven and no devil, but he certainly left behind a hell on earth for the hundreds of thousands of problem gamblers and their families.
	www.australian-news.com.au /Packer.htm (581 words)

	Kerry Packer dies -DAWN - International; December 28, 2005
		Kerry Packer’s Channel Nine television station in Sydney said his wife Roslyn had issued a statement saying the 68-year-old billionaire died peacefully at home in his bed.
		Packer, with an estimated wealth of A$6.9 billion ($5.0 billion), was 68.
		Packer was not the type to back down from a challenge and when he was refused the broadcast rights to Australian Test cricket in 1977, he launched his own World Series Cricket, poaching some of the game’s greatest stars.
	www.dawn.com /2005/12/28/int8.htm (631 words)

	Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer
		Kerry and his brother Clyde saw little of their father and when they did it was often to get a taste of Sir Frank's strict discipline.
		Mr Packer's legendary status as a high stakes gambler came to the fore when he took Las Vegas' MGM Grand for $26 million playing fljack for $200,000 a hand, six hands at a time.
		Mr Packer was also reported to have suffered the biggest losses ever sustained in the UK in September 1999, dropping £11m ($16.5m) at Crockfords casino in London.
	www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk /spotlight/players/kerrypacker.htm (928 words)

	Kerry Packer (1937-2005) Why the endless eulogies for Australia's richest man?
		Packer was Australia’s wealthiest individual, with a personal fortune estimated at $7 billion (US$5.1 billion) at the time of his death.
		Packer’s initiative, however, faced massive losses as his cricketers were denied access to the major stadiums, and poor crowds resulted in inadequate advertising revenue.
		Packer’s media interests in Australia have always been dependent on media concentration and ownership laws, which regulate everything from the number of television networks permitted, the level of foreign ownership of media outlets, and the possible ownership of both newspapers and television stations.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2006/jan2006/pack-j05.shtml (2902 words)

	Norman Remembers Kerry Packer
		"I love Kerry Packer," Norman told the Herald via his mobile phone while driving through the mountains of Colorado yesterday where he and his family are spending time at their holiday ranch for the Christmas/New Year period.
		Kerry is just very open and about being there for me, just as he is for the cricketers and all the other sportsmen and women.
		Such was their friendship that Norman often stayed with Packer at his Sydney mansion, borrowed the Packer jet before he purchased his own, and Packer would visit Norman in Florida.
	www.shark.com /sharkwatch/news/122905.php (806 words)

	The dark side of Kerry Packer
		The mantle of this wealth is being shifted to heir-apparent James Packer who, from reports that you will read here, appears to be in the mould of his father.
		In the late 1990s Kerry Packer's Channel 9, News Limited and all other Australian mainstream media hammered Pauline Hanson's One Nation as "racist" but now an indepth and well researched report has exposed just how racist this group of mongrels are.
		Kerry Packer sued the ABC for defamation after this report was aired but settled out of court - the ABC, after settlement,
	www.gwb.com.au /gwb/news/packer (495 words)

	USATODAY.com - Australia's richest man, Kerry Packer, dies at 68 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Packer — ranked as the world's 94th wealthiest person by Forbes magazine, with a $5 billion fortune — died Monday at his Sydney home, according to the statement released through his Nine Network television.
		Kerry Packer and her children, James and Gretel, sadly report the passing last evening of her husband and their father Kerry," according to a statement from Tony Ritchie, a Nine Network executive.
		Packer had long been plagued by ill health, battling cancer and receiving a kidney transplant.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-12-26-packer-obit_x.htm (257 words)

	Media Man Kerry Packer profile and articles
		Kerry Packer is Australia’s richest man, and a media mogul in every sense of the word.
		Kerry's case was severe and he spent nine months immobilised in an iron lung, an early version of a respirator, which helped him to breathe.
		Kerry Packer has, and will continue to leave his mark on the Australian media business.
	www.mediaman.com.au /profiles/packer1.html (723 words)

	CNN.com - Famous farewell for Kerry Packer - Feb 17, 2006
		Packer, who died December 26 last year aged 68, was a larger than life personality who ruled a $5 billion media and gambling empire with an iron hand.
		Packer had been in poor health for years, after heart attacks in 1990 and 1995.
		Packer was revived and famously later told reporters that he had "been to the other side, and there was nothing there."
	www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/packer.memorial (473 words)

	Kerry Packer Biography
		Kerry Packer led his media empire in old age even after several major health problems.
		Packer also had to have a kidney transplant, donated by his helicopter pilot and friend of more than 20 years Nicholas Ross.
		His son James Packer has been taking more of a leadership role in the PBL company for the past several years, and will now fill his father's position.
	www.woopidoo.com /biography/kerry-packer.htm (908 words)

	'Thank You, Mr Packer'
		After the series, the players returned to the establishment as highly-paid professionals, while Packer got the television rights he wanted and millions of people who had never been interested in cricket were suddenly transfixed by the game.
		After surviving a stroke in 1990 and reviving after being declared clinically dead for eight minutes, Packer died in his sleep on Tuesday at the age of 68.
		Kerry Packer was the founder of colourful cricket.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2005/dec/27deepti.htm (678 words)

	Kerry Packer: Man who saw tomorrow \| Televisionpoint.com News
		The Indian cricket board was a committed opponent of Packer, sending its Test team in direct competition in 197778 to Australia and sharing willingly the legal costs in the famous case ruled upon in the UK by justice Slade, but in Packer's favour.
		By the time peace was restored with Packer getting the rights for his Channel Nine for an undisclosed sum for three years (an arrangement that has continued for close to 30 years) was said to have lost close to $1.5 million on his circus which between 1977 and 1979 was a not inconsiderable sum.
		Even 15 years ago, when it was believed Packer had died from a heart attack while playing polo, it would have been unthinkable to have Test players wear fl armbands in memory of the man who tore the cricket world asunder.
	www.televisionpoint.com /news/newsfullstory.php?id=1135903482 (694 words)

	Packer Group: Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kerry Packer (1937-2005), Robert's grandson, made unsuccessful but lucrative bids for the Fairfax group, Westpac bank, UK conglomerate BAT and other companies.
		Hyperbole about the Packer 'midas touch' was undermined by losses relating to property development with Western Australian entrepreneur Warren Anderson (down an estimated $200 million on the high profile Westralia Square project) and 10% of Indian telecommunications group Himachal Futuristic (estimated $396 million investment).
		The life of Sir Frank Packer - though this present hagiography almost disguises the fact - is that of a larrikin who almost all his life has had the kind of money to indulge himself to the full.
	www.ketupa.net /packer.htm (1322 words)

	CBS News \| Australian Media Mogul Kerry Packer Dies
		Packer _ ranked as the world's 94th wealthiest person by Forbes magazine, with a $5 billion fortune _ died Monday at his Sydney home, according to the statement released through his Nine Network television.
		No cause of death was given but Packer had long been plagued by ill health, battling cancer and receiving a kidney transplant.
		Packer was also enjoyed gambling and owned Melbourne's Crown Casino complex, Australia's largest.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/12/27/ap/business/mainD8EOBJG01.shtml (527 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Media magnate Kerry Packer dies
		He said Mr Packer was "the most successful businessman of our generation", and often "surrounded in controversy but at the same time, capable of great generosity".
		Former England captain Tony Greig told the BBC Mr Packer was responsible for the current strength of cricket in Australia, along with legendary Australian batsman Donald Bradman.
		Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) is the firm behind both the Nine Network TV station and magazines like Australian Women's Weekly.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/4561560.stm (508 words)

	ABC News: Australian Media Mogul Kerry Packer Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kerry Packer, Media and Gambling Mogul Who Was Australia's Richest Man, Dies at 68
		Packer, listed by Forbes magazine this year as the 94th richest man in the world with a US$5 billion (euro4.2 billion) fortune, died at his at Sydney home Monday, Dec. 26, 2005,, according to the statement released through his Nine Network television.
		Packer ranked as the world's 94th wealthiest person by Forbes magazine, with a $5 billion fortune died Monday at his Sydney home, according to the statement released through his Nine Network television.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=1444273 (492 words)

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