It was announced on Tuesday that Graham Thorpe, a former England batsman, died after being hit by a train at Esher railway station. AFP reported this.
This 55-year-old man, who committed suicide, was mentioned in his wife’s interview with The Times on Monday.
The Surrey Coroner’s Court in Woking declared that the accident had caused “traumatic injuries” to Thorpe during an incident on August 4th.
Simon Wickens, the area coroner for Surrey and South London recorded multiple injuries as the cause of Thorpe’s death quickly before adjourning proceedings.
Not only is he expressing his deepest sympathy to those related to him but also “all others influenced by him during his life and career.”
A full hearing could be scheduled in due course. Cricket has been cast into mourning following the death of Thorpe, a much loved figure within the sport.
Thorpe played for England between 1993 and 2005 as an elegant batsman earning him a place among greats whilst further working in coaching capacities over about twelve years.
Nevertheless, he was hospitalized in May last year and described as being “very ill”.
Two years ago Amanda disclosed that her husband tried to kill himself before eventually taking his own life whilst speaking with The Times.
“We should have noticed something wrong with our dad,” she said. “He wasn’t getting better even though he had me and my sister. He was recently so very unwell that he genuinely felt we would be better off without him and I can’t believe he did it.”
“On the field Graham could handle anything mentally,” continued Amanda Thorpe. “He was fit physically.”
“But mental illness is a real disease and can affect anyone,” opened up Kitty, now aged 22 years old about her father’s plight.
“There is nothing to be ashamed of or hide from anyone,” she added.
Over nine thousand runs including sixteen test centuries were scored by Thorpe during his one hundred test matches and eighty-two ODIs for England.
