Editing Don Bradman (section)

===Later years and death===
After his wife's death in 1997, Bradman suffered "a discernible and not unexpected wilting of spirit".<ref>Frith (2002), p. 429.</ref> The next year, on his 90th birthday, he hosted a meeting with his two favourite modern players, [[Shane Warne]] and [[Sachin Tendulkar]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/96323.html|title=Bradman never missed a Tendulkar innings in last five years|date=16 August 2001|work=Cricinfo|access-date=23 August 2008|archive-date=15 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615132908/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/96323.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but he was not seen in his familiar place at the Adelaide Oval again.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.bradmantrail.com.au/story_3.php|title=Adelaide Oval|work=The Bradman Trail|access-date=19 May 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719191320/http://bradmantrail.com.au/story_3.php|archive-date=19 July 2008}}</ref>  In an oft-recited anecdote, Tendulkar was impressed with Bradman's sharpness and sense of humour at this historic meeting:<ref>{{Cite web |title=That's not bad for a 90-year-old man: When Don Bradman joked with Sachin Tendulkar about batting average |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/article/thats-not-bad-for-a-90-year-old-man-when-don-bradman-joked-with-sachin-tendulkar-about-batting-average/804552 |access-date=24 March 2023 |website=www.timesnownews.com |date=27 August 2021 |language=en |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324112846/https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/article/thats-not-bad-for-a-90-year-old-man-when-don-bradman-joked-with-sachin-tendulkar-about-batting-average/804552 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Bradman and Tendulkar {{!}} The untold story of two of cricket's giants {{!}} ABC Australia | date=16 March 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQJev5nUvdE |access-date=24 March 2023 |language=en |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324113912/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQJev5nUvdE |url-status=live }}</ref><blockquote>I (Tendulkar) asked him a question: 'What would you have averaged in today's cricket?' He thought about it and said 'Maybe 70'. The natural reaction was 'Why only 70 and not 99?' He said, 'C'mon, that's not bad for a 90-year-old man.'</blockquote>Hospitalised with pneumonia in December 2000, he returned home in the New Year and died there on 25 February 2001, aged 92.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2001/death_of_don_bradman/1189778.stm ''Bradman dies at 92''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207183735/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2001/death_of_don_bradman/1189778.stm |date=7 December 2021 }} [[BBC News]]. Retrieved on 14 May 2008</ref>

A memorial service to mark Bradman's life was held on 25 March 2001 at [[St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide|St Peter's Anglican Cathedral, Adelaide]]. The service was attended by a host of former and current Test cricketers, as well as Australia's then prime minister, [[John Howard]], leader of the opposition [[Kim Beazley]] and former prime minister [[Bob Hawke]]. Eulogies were given by [[Richie Benaud]] and [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]] [[Sir William Deane]]. The service was broadcast live on [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC Television]] to a viewing audience of 1.45&nbsp;million.<ref>Hutchins (2002), p. 4.</ref> A private service for family and friends was earlier held at the [[Centennial Park Cemetery]] in the suburb of [[Pasadena, South Australia|Pasadena]], with many people lining both [[Greenhill Road, Adelaide|Greenhill]] and [[Goodwood Road, Adelaide|Goodwood]] Roads to pay their respects as his funeral motorcade passed by.