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Terry Hill's shock death on Wednesday has elicited memories of Shane Warne's sudden passing to many Australian sport fans.
The footy world is in a state of mourning after cult hero Hill passed away at the age of 52, having enjoyed an incredible career with Manly, NSW and the Kangaroos.
Known as one of the game's most colourful characters, he was a regular on Channel Nine's The Footy Show during its most successful years and will also be remembered by fans for his star turns in ads for Lowes menswear.
As a result, tributes have poured in for the affable former footy star, while some fans could not help but draw comparisons to Hill's death and Warne's passing in March 2022.
Warne, like Hill, died of a heart attack aged just 52, sending the world of cricket into shock. He subsequently had a stand named after him at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and has been celebrated all over the world.
Rugby league legend Terry Hill died of a heart attack in the Philippines
Former New South Wales and Kangaroos star Hill died aged just 52
The Spin King died while away in Thailand and Hill also died overseas, passing away in the Philippines. The former rugby league star was married to a Filipino woman and was away from his Sydney home for a few weeks.
'He'd been there [the Philippines] for a couple of weeks and rang a mate and said he wasn't feeling well,' his former teammate Craig Coleman told Nine.
'The mate told him to lie down ... apparently he went to sleep and never woke up.'
Hill played 246 games in a club career that saw him run out for Souths, Easts, Wests, Manly and the Wests Tigers, as well as playing 14 matches for NSW and another nine for his country.
Born in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Newtown, he made his first-grade debut for Souths in 1990, shifted to Easts in 1991, then to Western Suburbs in 1992 before finding his footy home with Manly in 1994.
He excelled in the centres for the Sea Eagles for six seasons, helping guide them to premiership glory in 1996, then
