Family bid farewell to legendary Dean Jones with lap of honour of the MCG

Legendary Australian cricketer Dean Jones was given a private farewell by his family which included a lap of the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Dean Jones passed away on September 24 aged 59 after suffering a cardiac arrest at a hotel in India.

At the private funeral, a hearse carrying Jones’s handmade Indian coffin and decorated with a floral arrangement of ‘324’, his Australian test cap number, drove a lap around the empty MCG as Elton John’s “Rocket Man” played over loudspeakers.

A private memorial service held last Saturday and was limited to 10 people which included Jones’ family. The footage, however, gone viral on Wednesday (today).

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One last lap of the @MCG for Deano, farewelled by ten of his closest family members over the weekend. Forever in our hearts! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/R2skRt2CkB

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) October 7, 2020

Jones’s wife Jane in comments said, “We have been deeply moved by the outpouring of love for Dean over the last week and can’t thank everyone enough for their support and for sharing their memories with us.”

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“It has been an awful time to navigate as a family, but I could not have thought of a more fitting place to say goodbye to my husband than under the lights of his beloved MCG.

“We’d like to extend a huge ‘thank you’ to the Melbourne Cricket Club and the MCG for their willingness to create our personal tribute to Dean, and for Cricket Australia’s support.”

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