Cricketer Graham Thorpe asked wife to help him die
Thorpe, a father of four, was hit by a train at Esher railway station shortly after 8.30am on August 4 last year. He was 55.
Amanda Thorpe, his widow, told Surrey coroner's court: 'The weeks leading up to his death, he told me he doesn't want to be here any more,' she said. 'He asked me to help him end his life. He said he wants to go to Switzerland. I was in turmoil. Then we get a letter for an appointment (with the medical team) in a month's time.
'How ill do you have to be? I just wish he could have been kept safe. If you're not here, there's no hope.'
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