Sonn died of 'complications'
2007-05-27 14:00
Johanneburg - International Cricket Council president Percy Sonn died in a Cape Town hospital on
Sunday at the age of 57.
The Sapa news agency said Sonn had developed complications
after a colon operation.
Sonn, a major figure in the racial reunification of South
African cricket, succeeded Ehsan Mani as head of the world
governing body in June 2006.
His appointment followed two years as the organisation's vice-president.
Sonn qualified as a lawyer in 1972 and began his career as
an administrator during the apartheid era.
He served as vice-president on the South African Cricket
Board and was president of the new United Cricket Board of South Africa for three years until 2003.
- Reuters