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Much-loved Aussie cricketer, commentator and author Max Walker, 68, has passed away.<\/h3>\n

Fox Sports reported that it had confirmed Walker\u2019s passing on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

Walker took 138 wickets in 34 Tests for Australia, and the loveable larrikin later found further fame working on Channel 9\u2019s Wide of World of Sports and writing humour books filled with cricket anecdotes.<\/p>\n

In a tweeted tribute, Kerry O’Keeffe suggested Walker’s passing was due to melanoma.<\/p>\n

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Much-loved Aussie cricketer, commentator and author Max Walker, 68, has passed away. Fox Sports reported that it had confirmed Walker\u2019s passing on Wednesday morning. Walker took 138 wickets in 34 Tests for Australia, and the loveable larrikin later found further fame working on Channel 9\u2019s Wide of World of Sports and writing humour books filled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-17198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFormer Australian cricketer Max Walker dies - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/former-australian-cricketer-max-walker-dies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Australian cricketer Max Walker dies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Much-loved Aussie cricketer, commentator and author Max Walker, 68, has passed away. 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