The last time Kerry Packer died, 15 years ago, he quickly took the opportunity to denounce the existence of an afterlife. "I've been on the other side and let me tell you son, there's f---ing nothing there," he was fond of saying. It was a statement redolent of the media baron's forthright approach to life and his laconic sense of humour. Given he had been clinically dead for eight minutes after suffering a massive heart attack while playing polo, his recovery was hailed as a medical miracle and testament to his lust of life. Just a week later, on his...
