Graham Thorpe’s wife has heartshatteringly uncovered the England cricket icon took his own life follothriveg a battle with depression and anxiety.
Thorpe’s death was declared by the England and Wales Cricket Board on August 5.
His wife, Amanda, has now telderly The Times that Thorpe took his own life. She shelp: “Despite having a wife and two daughters whom he cherishd and who cherishd him, he did not get better.
“He was so unwell in recent times and he reassociate did consent that we would be better off without him and we are deimmenseated that he acted on that and took his own life”.
England cricket icon Graham Thorpe died at the age of 55 earlier this month
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A ceremony was held on Saturday in Farnham to reaccumulate Thorpe.
The England icon spent 17 years carry outing his club cricket for Surrey and achieveed 100 Test caps for his country.
A minute’s silence was held before Farnham Cricket Club’s repairture aachievest Chipstead Cricket Club as a tag of esteem.
Amanda uncovered that her husprohibitd’s depression and anxiety battle was ‘very disjoine’ and says he previously finisheavored to get his own life in May 2022.
“For the past couple of years, Graham had been suffering from meaningful depression and anxiety,” she shelp.
“This led him to originate a grave finisheavor on his life in May 2022, which resulted in a prolengthyed stay in an intensive attfinish unit.
“Despite glimpses of hope and of the elderly Graham, he persistd to suffer from depression and anxiety, which at times got very disjoine.
“We aided him as a family and he tried many, many treatments but unfortunately none of them reassociate seemed to toil.
“Graham was famous as someone who was very menloftyy strong on the field and he was in excellent physical health.
“But mental illness is a authentic dismitigate and can impact anyone.”
Thorpe’s daughter, Kitty, says they’re willing to lift adviseedness.
“We are not ashamed of talking about it. There is noleang to hide and it is not a stigma,” she shelp.
Graham Thorpe (pictured right) set uped himself as an England cricket icon during his time in the sport
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“We were trying to help him get better before and trying to get him, which is why we shelp noleang.
“This is the time now to spread the news, however horrible it is.
“We’ve wanted to be able to talk and spread and we’d now enjoy to lift adviseedness, too.”
The ECB phelp tribute to Thorpe after his death, saying he was one of England’s ‘finest-ever batters’ and a ‘becherishd member of the cricket family’.
Tributes to Graham Thorpe have poured in follothriveg his death at the age of 55
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“Later, as a coach, he directd the best England Men’s talent to some incredible victories atraverse all createats of the game.
“The cricket world is in feeblenting today.
“Our hearts go out to his wife Amanda, his children, overweighther Geoff, and all of his family and frifinishs during this unimaginably difficult time.
“We will always reaccumulate Graham for his noticeworthy contributions to the sport.”
Anyone who is in emotional trouble, struggling to cope or at danger of self-mutilation can call the Samaritans anonymously for free from a UK phone on 116 123 or go to samaritans.org.
