• Emotional scenes at Shane Warne’s private funeral procession at St. Kilda Oval last morning
• Son Jackson kissed his dad’s coffin as procession ended
• The 23-year-old held a cricket ball as he left the private service attended by 80 close friends and family
• ‘The Best’ by Tina Turner played in the background
• Summer Warne in tears as the icon’s children and parents hugged one another 

  Shane Warne’s grief-stricken family has taken his body for a final lap of his beloved St. Kilda Football Ground as his close friends watched on from the stands. The Time of My Life from the iconic 80s movie Dirty Dancing played in the background as the 52-year-old’s coffin was driven in a hearse around the oval after the intimate funeral. Brittany Chain reported about the Warne funeral from Melbourne to The Daily Mail yesterday (20). Guests, wearing their matching Saints scarves in a nod to Warne’s favourite AFL (Australian Football League) team, were instructed to put their glasses “high to the sky” for one final farewell. “To Warnie,” close friend and television personality Eddie McGuire said, as cheers erupted from the crowd. McGuire acted as the master of ceremonies (MC) for the service.  Dannii Minogue, Michael Clarke, and Merv Hughes were among the guests, with the pop star comforted by a friend as she made her way inside the clubhouse.  Jackson, 23, proved yet again that he was prepared to step up for his family in his father’s absence as he led his sisters Brooke, 24, and Summer, 20, to a waiting chauffeur and liaised with security at St. Kilda Football Club where the funeral was held. Jackson looked a spitting image of his late father with his long blond hair and tailored black suit as he clutched a golf club and ushered his sisters into the car. Warne was a keen golfer, particularly after he retired from cricket, and would often travel the world to play in friendly and competitive matches with his mates. The trio’s mother, Warne’s ex-wife Simone, left her house only briefly to say goodbye to her children, who departed well before the private service began at 11 a.m. Meanwhile, at the nearby home of Warne’s parents Bridgette and Keith, his mother went for an early morning stroll with a female friend ahead of the funeral.  Police officers and security guards were stationed around the perimeter of the St. Kilda Football Club in order to protect grieving loved ones. About 80 of Warne’s nearest and dearest attended the service. Guests began quietly filing into the clubhouse about 10.30 a.m, while Simone slipped in via a back entrance and greeted immediate family in a separate room. McGuire gave a live cross to Channel 9 before heading inside. He spoke of Warne’s jovial and happy-go-lucky nature, noting he was a “friend of The Footy Show” and loved his life. “The reason why he was so loved is because he was fallible, he was Superman. He did the things you dreamt of doing as a kid,” McGuire said in a moving tribute out the front of the service. “The magic part about Shane Warne was that he sprinkled his gold dust everywhere he went.” McGuire also noted Warne’s notorious eating habits, reminiscing on how he was always unapologetically himself. “He didn’t become a hermit. He brought his friends into everything in life. He would go to Michelin star restaurants and order pizza in,” he said. McGuire said it was fitting the service was held at the St. Kilda Football Club, given Warne’s passion for the team and the sport. “He could walk with kings but never forgot those who walked around the streets of Melbourne.” Young fans in AFL jerseys and their parents watched on through mesh gates as friends and family made their way through the open car park and into the building for the funeral. AFL legend Sam Newman also attended the service. “I’m going and I’m humbled to be invited. Like all funerals, I think it’s going to be a sombre affair and emotional,” Newman said earlier. “This was extremely shocking to everyone who knew of Shane and to those that knew him well.” Close friends from the cricketing community paid their respects, including former England Captain Michael Vaughan who flew in for the private funeral. “I don’t think it’s just those who knew Shane, we all knew Shane... back in the UK, I’ve had so many people who’ve never met him just coming up and saying this has hit us because he was just a great, great guy,” Vaughan said. “Anyone that likes to have a few drinks, celebrate life, I guess there’s something about a personality that ends up on the front pages. “The British public goes ‘he’s one of us.’” Australians players Michael Clarke, Glenn McGrath, Darren Berry, Mark Taylor, and Glenn Maxwell also attended.    Warne’s former fiancée, actress Elizabeth Hurley was expected to fly out from the UK but revealed overnight she would not be able to attend. “My heart aches that I can’t be in Australia tomorrow (yesterday) for Shane’s funeral,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “I was filming last night and, with the time jump, physically can’t get there.” She posted photos from their engagement and said: “It still hasn’t really sunk in that he’s gone. It seems too cruel that all the people who loved him will never have another Lion hug, but our memories will live forever. RIP Lionheart, with love your Luna.” A second funeral will be held next Wednesday, 30 March at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds (MCG) for a crowd of up to 100,000 fans. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed he will attend the public service – the night after the Federal Budget is handed down. Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and singer Ed Sheeran are expected to send video messages to be played on big screens. The state memorial will be ticketed and live-streamed for those who can’t be there in person, with tickets to be made available to the public soon. People wanting to attend the event will be able to enter a public ballot for one of 50,000 tickets. More tickets may become available, depending on demand. Warne was found unresponsive in his luxury villa at the Samujana resort on Koh Samui, Thailand, about 5 p.m. on Friday, 4 March after suffering a heart attack. His close friend Andrew Neophitou performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on Warne for up to 20 minutes before first responders arrived and took over, but could not save him.