Overview
- NSW Police confirmed Francis Packer was found deceased in a Cammeray apartment and said his death is believed to have followed a medical episode.
- His body was discovered in the unit owned by his mother, Angela Raymond, with no indication in reports of suspicious circumstances.
- Packer, the eldest grandchild of Sir Frank Packer, had once been seen as heir apparent before a 1972 rift sidelined his father Clyde and shifted succession to Kerry and later James Packer.
- He spent 35 years in the United States, where he endured the loss of his partner in the 2001 World Trade Centre attacks, and he returned to Australia in 2014.
- Friends in the arts community, including gallery owner Tim Olsen, remembered him as a gentle, sensitive and intellectually gifted artist who had spoken in 2023 about writing a candid family book.