Thorpe died after being hit by a train, inquest hears
The Independent|August 14, 2024
Former England cricketer Graham Thorpe died after being hit by a train, an inquest has heard.
ANDY GREGORY
Thorpe died after being hit by a train, inquest hears

Tributes flooded in for one of the nation’s best Test players after the England and Wales Cricket Board announced last week that he had died at the age of 55.

The inquest into the former batter’s death began at Surrey Coroner’s Court in Woking yesterday, with the coroner having received a referral from British Transport Police. His wife Amanda Thorpe said this week that he took his own life, telling The Times: “Graham was renowned as someone who was very mentally strong on the field and he was in good physical health. But mental illness is a real disease and can affect anyone.

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