Fed: Hookes' legacy his gift of life through organ donation

AAP General News (Australia)
02-22-2004
Fed: Hookes' legacy his gift of life through organ donation

Media mogul KERRY PACKER says the late former Test cricketer, DAVID HOOKES, was a great
sportsman.

But he says HOOKES' true legacy will be his gift of life through organ donation.

Mr PACKER, who received a donated kidney in 2000, has joined HOOKES' family and other
media identities to help launch a national foundation to promote awareness about organ
donation.

He's told reporters at Sydney's St Vincents hospital that organ …