Norm O'Neill, the dashing Test batsmen of the 1950s and 60s, has died after a long illness. "Norm O'Neill was one of NSW's and Australia's best ever cricketers," said Cricket NSW Chief Executive, David Gilbert.
"He will be remembered as a dashing stroke maker who was a crowd favourite. He will be sadly missed."
O'Neill OAM, who played 70 First Class matches for NSW between 1955/56 and 1966/67, scored 5419 runs at an average of 52.61.
His entire first class career spanned 188 matches for 13,859 runs at 50.95. In his 42 Test matches O'Neill scored 2779 runs at 45.55. He made six centuries and 15 half-centuries with his high score of 181 coming in the first innings of the Tied Test against the West Indies in 1960.
But O'Neill was something more than his statistics, said Warren Saunders, who played with O'Neill at his club St George and for NSW.
"I've got beautiful memories of Norm O'Neill he was a sensational cricketer. He was a sensational sportsman, actually he was also a top-class baseballer as well as a cricketer," he said.
"He was a wonderful fellow to play with in every respect, a great team man, a chamption batsman. He's got a great Test record but that doesn't really tell the story it was the way he got his runs that excited everybody.
"He was a beautiful thrower with a very strong arm and a handy change bowler: he was the complete package.''
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The following deaths were reported yesterday -

===Giuseppe Di Stefano===

Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor died yesterday in Milan. He has been in a coma since he was the victim of an assault in 2004. He died at the age of 86. 

===Norm O'Neill===

Norm O'Neill, former Australian cricketer died yesterday. The death was a result of an long term illness O'Neill has been suffering from. 

An cricketer who has played against O'Neill said  "I've got beautiful memories of Norm O'Neill he was a sensational cricketer. He was a sensational sportsman, actually he was also a top-class baseballer as well as a cricketer."

===Annemarie Renger===

Annemarie Renger, German politician died yesterday  at the age of 88.

In 1972 she became the first woman to become President of the Bundestag. She was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

===Joseph Zelnik===

Joseph Zelnik, editor of the Cape May County Herald  and the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin died yesterday. A public service is due to be held on Sunday.