NSW: Bradman s death ranks with Diana s, academic says

AAP General News (Australia)
02-27-2001
NSW: Bradman s death ranks with Diana s, academic says

By Paul Carter

SYDNEY, Feb 27 AAP - The death of Sir Donald Bradman would have as profound an effect
on the national psyche as the deaths of Princess Diana and John Lennon, an academic said
today.

Sydney University anthropologist Stephen Juan said the cricket legend's passing away
yesterday would affect many members of the population in a way similar to losing a brother
or a father.

Like the deaths of Diana and Lennon, people would always remember where they were the
day Sir Donald died, he said.

"You can't remember what …