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Zara Woodcock

Elton John and Dannii Minogue lead stars at celebrity packed Shane Warne memorial

Elton John dedicated a song to cricketing legend Shane Warne 's children at his memorial service at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Politicians, stars, fellow cricketers and fans joined the Warne family at the emotional memorial this week.

Shane died from natural causes at the age of 52 while on holiday in Koh Samui in Thailand at the beginning of the month.

His Hugh Jackman at the St Kilda Football Club's headquarters in Melbourne on March 20. His family and former teammates were in attendance.

During Wednesday's public memorial, Elton dedicated a recorded version of Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me to Shane's three children Brooke, 24, Jackson, 22, and Summer, 20.

Elton said he wished he could have performed in person (AFP via Getty Images)
His three children paid tribute to their father (AFP via Getty Images)

The song occurred after Shane's father, Keith, made an emotional eulogy about his son.

"You have been taken too soon and our hearts are broken," Keith ended the speech.

"Thank you for all you did for us. And for being such a loving and caring son. Rest in peace, mate. Love you, Mum and Dad."

Shane Warne with his children (L to R) Brooke, Summer and Jackson in London (TIM STEWART NEWS LIMITED)

Elton then performed the song and said he wished he was able to do it in person.

"This song is in memory of Shane, probably one of the greatest sportsman ever," Elton said. "One of the most amazing Australian cricketers of all time.

"It's a sad day today but it's not in some ways because his legacy lives on and he will live on through future generations because he was mesmerising, brilliant and loved to play cricket and loved life.

Hollywood actor Hugh also recorded a message for Shane (AFP via Getty Images)
Brooke's eulogy for her father (AFP via Getty Images)

"I want to dedicate this song to Brooke, to Summer and Jackson and to all the people that came out today. God bless you, Shane. God bless the family."

Chris Martin and Kylie Minogue also paid tribute to the late star.

Former Fox Sports co-commentator Mark Howard hosted a Q&A with a series of cricketers, including Alan Border, Mark Taylor, Brian Lara, Nasser Hussain and Merv Hughes.

Former INXS singer Jon Stevens was also there (Getty Images)

Hollywood actor Eric Bana had provided the first voice for the memorial and looked back at his life. He described the 'rockstar cricketer's' journey to becoming the King of Spin.

Coldplay star Robbie Williams performed an acoustic version of Yellow for the cricketing legend from a jungle in Central America.

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Chris performed from a Central American jungle (Getty Images)

He said: "'It's true, we are going to miss you. Oh, yeah, it's true. We are going to miss you."

Dannii Minogue also recorded a tribute video for Shane and called him 'Mr Sunshine'.

"You are absolutely Mr Sunshine, you have always been so incredible to my family as so much love to you and your family from all of us and I miss you," she explained.

Robbie performed Angels (Getty Images)

Take That's Robbie Williams also sang his hit song Angels for the late cricketer before more eulogies were made.

Ed Sheeran also performed for the late star and sang Shane's favourite song 'Speaking Out Loud'.

Australian politicians including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Labor leader Anthony Albanese, former PM John Howard and Victorian Premier Dan Andrews also attended the event.

Former INXS singer Jon Stevens was also there (Getty Images)

Others paying their respects at the memorial included AFL legends Garry Lyon and Sam Newman.

New Zealand singer Jon Stevens also dedicated his performance to the father-of-three.

The former INXS singer sang the hit Never Tear Us Apart from 1987.

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