Death
By 2001, both the Australian government and Donnelly were starting to grow weary of the large costs of continuing the "chase for Skase". However, there was renewed speculation in January that Skase may be deported from Spain - in which case he may have been able to be brought back to Australia, due to Dominica's extradition treaty. However, he became ill and died of stomach cancer in Majorca on 5 August 2001, before any further proceedings had taken place.
A satirical 2001 film, Let's Get Skase is based on an invented plot to kidnap Christopher Skase in Majorca.
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“when it comes to my death let it be slow,
let it be pantomime, this last peep show,
so that I may squat at the edge trying on
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—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
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