Cricket-Friend of Warne reveals final hours before cricketer's death

Andrew Neophitou, associate of late Australian cricket player Shane Warne and Australia's Ambassador to Thailand Allan McKinnon gather outside of the forensic laboratory of Surat Thani hospital where Warne's body is transferred for autopsy, in Surat Thani province, Thailand, March 6, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Shane Warne offered gifts of his old cricket clothing and ate the traditional Australian snack of Vegemite on toast in the final hours before his death on Friday, an associate of the cricketing great said.

Tom Hall was staying at the resort in Koh Samui, Thailand, where Warne was found unconscious in his room in a villa he shared with three travelling companions.