John Fahey, a former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and a key player in getting the 2000 Summer Olympics for Sydney, has died.
He was 75.New South Wales state government officials on Saturday confirmed Fahey's death, but gave no details. Fahey was premier of New South Wales from 1992 to 1995.
He later went into federal politics and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Prime Minister John Howard. Fahey retired from politics in 2001 shortly after being diagnosed with lung cancer, and had one of his lungs removed.
He recovered and went on to become WADA's second president, succeeding Dick Pound and serving from 2008-13.The Picton, New Zealand-born Fahey, a former top-flight rugby league player in Sydney, also was known.