Former Australian Labor Party leader, Simon Crean, dies ‘suddenly and unexpectedly’
Simon Crean, who was one election away from being a Prime Minister of Australia, “died suddenly” last Sunday. The 74-year-old former leader of the Australian Labor Party was overseas on a business and trade trip in his capacity as chair of the European Australian Business Council and, when taking his morning exercise (hiking in Germany), he died from a suspected heart attack. “The news came as a surprise to his family, friends, and union colleagues”, so he was hale and hearty, well up for international travel, and was doing all the right exercise things for heart health like hiking (not just walking).
