Personal Life
Hookes married his childhood sweetheart and first wife Roxanne, but left her for his second wife, Robyn Gellman. They were married for 22 years. Hookes had two stepchildren from Robyn, Kristofer Gellman and Caprice Gellman. Hookes and Robyn separated in late 2003 due to Hookes's infidelities. At the time of his death he had been in a two-year relationship with Christine Padfield, then marketing coordinator at Cricket Victoria. Miss Padfield was present when he died, this fact controversially highlighted by Derryn Hinch on his Melbourne radio show.
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