Former England cricketer Graham Thorpe took his own life after a number of years battling anxiety and depression, his family have confirmed.
Thorpe's death at the age of 55 was announced on August 5. The left-hander - who featured in 100 Test matches and 82 one-day internationals for England, scoring over 9,000 runs for his country, including 16 Test hundreds - initially tried to take his own life in May 2022. His wife Amanda told Michael Atherton in The Times: 'Despite having a wife and two daughters whom he loved and who loved him, he did not get better.
' The family now plans to launch a foundation in Graham's memory. Graham and Amanda's eldest daughter Kitty, 22, said: 'We are not ashamed of talking about it. There is nothing to hide and it is not a stigma. 'This is the time now to share the news, however horrible it is. He had loved life and he loved us but he just couldn't see a way out. He was not the same person. 'It was strange to see this person trapped in the body of Dad.
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