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Name	Kerry Francis Packer
Born	17 December, 1937 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	26 December, 2005 (aged 68) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	kidney disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Bullmore, Herbert Henry (grandfather) Packer, Robert Clyde (grandfather) Costigan, Francis Xavier (related entry)
Occupation or Descriptor *	polo player (1955-2000) New South Wales, Australia magazine/journal owner (1970-2005) New South Wales, Australia television station owner (1970-2005) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australian Golf Club (committee member) Australian Jockey Club (NSW) (committee member) Australian Women's Weekly (owner, ?-2005) Channel 9 TV station (owner, ?-2005) Daily Telegraph (Sydney) newspaper (owner, ?-1972)

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