Stunning revelation! Former England batsman Graham Thorpe took his personal life, reveals spouse | Cricket Information

NEW DELHI: Amanda Thorpe, the spouse of former England cricketer Graham Thorpe, has disclosed that her husband ended his life following a chronic battle with melancholy and nervousness. The 55-year-old’s psychological well being struggles have been exacerbated by his deteriorating bodily well being over the previous two years.
In an interview with former England captain Michael Atherton, Amanda shared the main points of Graham’s passing on August 5, which was initially introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board.She revealed that Graham had been grappling with each psychological and bodily challenges for an prolonged interval earlier than finally taking his personal life.
“Regardless of having a spouse and two daughters whom he liked and who liked him, he didn’t get higher,” Thorpe’s spouse was quoted as saying by ‘The Occasions’.”He was so unwell in current occasions and he actually did imagine that we’d be higher off with out him and we’re devastated that he acted on that and took his personal life.”
Final Saturday, a ceremony was held in Thorpe’s reminiscence earlier than the beginning of a match between the Farnham Cricket Membership and the Chipstead Cricket Membership, attended by his spouse and their daughters Kitty (22) and Emma (19).
“For the previous couple of years, Graham had been affected by main melancholy and nervousness. This led him to make a critical try on his life in Might 2022, which resulted in a chronic keep in an intensive care unit,” she stated.
Regardless of his skilled commitments, Thorpe continued to endure, as revealed by his spouse.

“Regardless of glimpses of hope and of the previous Graham, he continued to endure from melancholy and nervousness, which at occasions obtained very extreme. We supported him as a household and he tried many, many remedies however sadly none of them actually appeared to work,” she stated.
The household is now contemplating establishing a basis in Thorpe’s identify.
His daughter Kitty shared that her father “was not the identical individual” after a sure level and that he “couldn’t see a means out”.

“He had liked life and he liked us however he simply could not see a means out. It was heartbreaking to see how withdrawn he had grow to be,” she stated.
“It was unusual to see this individual trapped within the physique of Dad. That is why we have been so completely happy that the numerous reflections have been about his life earlier than this sickness took over.
“I’m glad that is how everybody does bear in mind him, rightly so, as the entire character he was,” Kitty added.