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Cricketer Graham Thorpe asked wife 'to help end his life' before death, inquest hears
Former England cricketer Graham Thorpe asked his wife "to help him end his life" in the weeks before he was struck by a train.
Mr Thorpe died on 4 August 2024 at a railway station in Surrey. His widow Amanda Thorpe said he had taken his own life.
Mrs Thorpe told an inquest he suffered a "horrible time" and that losing his job as batting coach in 2022 was the "start of the decline of his mental health". Surrey Coroner's Court heard on Wednesday that Mr Thorpe, 55, was diagnosed with anxiety and depression in 2018 and tried to take his own life previously in 2022.
Up until 2020, Mrs Thorpe said there were no psychological issues in particular, apart from "a bout of depression" in 2018, but he found lockdown "very difficult". She said an incident involving a leaked video in Australia left him "distraught".
Mr Thorpe shared a video with some friends while on tour there, which was leaked, and the incident was "blown out of all proportion.
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