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澳大利亚首富、澳洲媒体及博彩业巨头凯瑞·帕克12月26日在其位于悉尼的家中去世，年仅68岁。
据美联社日前报道，凯瑞·帕克位列《福布斯》杂志全球富翁排行榜的第94位，其身家财产达到了50亿美元。
27日，帕克的家人在帕克麾下的第9网络（Nine Network）电视节目中发布声明，宣布帕克去世。
虽然帕克家财万贯，但他的财运并没有和他的健康状况画上等号。长期以来，帕克一直遭受着疾病困扰。他身患癌症而且还接受过一次肾移植手术。
报道说，帕克的媒体与博彩帝国是以出版广播公司（PBL, Publishing Broadcasting Ltd）为核心的。该公司同时拥有澳洲第9网络电视公司和墨尔本皇冠赌场。
Australia's wealthiest man, media and gambling mogul Kerry Packer, has died, his family said in a statement Tuesday. He was 68.
Packer — ranked as the world's 94th wealthiest person by Forbes magazine, with a $5 billion fortune — died Monday at his Sydney home, according to the statement released through his Nine Network television.
"Mrs. Kerry Packer and her children, James and Gretel, sadly report the passing last evening of her husband and their father Kerry," according to a statement from Tony Ritchie, a Nine Network executive. "He died peacefully at home with his family at his bedside."
Packer had long been plagued by ill health, battling cancer and receiving a kidney transplant.
His media and gambling empire was centered on Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd., which owns Nine as well as Melbourne's Crown Casino. The company also is developing casinos in Macau with Asian businessman Stanley Ho.
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