Packers rally around family of champion polo player
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Behind the high black fence that surrounds the Packers country estate Ellerston in the Upper Hunter, 120 of the famous clan s most loyal employees have spent the past fortnight rallying around the family of one of their own following the tragic death of champion polo player
Guy Kirkpatrick.
The late Guy Kirkpatrick.
The 48-year-old father of two, who lived and worked on the Packer family-owned property north-east of Scone, suffered horrific head injuries and died while using machinery on the farm on January 7.
Yesterday matriarch
Gretel, who took over ownership of Ellerston when she reached a settlement with her brother
The grieving wife of visionary INXS manager Chris Murphy has paid tribute to the meteor of a man who died aged 68 just days after he was diagnosed with cancer.
The legendary music manager, who helped steer INXS to global success, was surrounded by family when he died at home in Ballina, northern NSW, on Saturday.
Caroline Paidasch-Murphy described her late husband as exhausting, tireless and irreplaceable on Sunday, admitting that she isn t sure what [she] will do without him . I ve lost my best friend and never felt more alone, she wrote alongside an old, grainy photograph of Murphy sitting in an empty theatre.