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Family confirms Aussie cricket great Dean Jones died from catastrophic stroke

Ahead of a planned commemoration of Jones' life during the tea break at the MCG on Saturday, Jane Jones has confirmed the cause of her husband's death was not a heart attack, as had been initially reported, but a catastrophic stroke.

The Victorian Coroner is now investigating, with the family keen to find out whether any head knocks he took while batting during his illustrious career, or a car crash he was involved in in Melbourne shortly before his death, had been factors.