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South Africa cricket legend and former national coach Mike Procter died on Saturday at the age of 77.
“He suffered a complication during surgery, became unconscious, and never woke up,” his wife Maryna Procter said.
Procter was an outstanding all-rounder who became South Africa’s first coach in the post-apartheid era and had a controversial stint as an International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee.
Last week his family revealed that he had suffered a “cardiac incident” while recovering in a hospital intensive care unit following routine surgery.
Procter’s international playing career with South Africa was cut short in 1970 when his country was banished from world cricket because of its apartheid government. However, he refused to feel bitter over being deprived of a lengthy Test career. — SuperSport.
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