A 'strong' cancer patient with a 'beaming smile' wrote a final goodbye message as he ended his own life, an inquest has heard. Marc Talbot, from Reddish, had 'seemed himself' the day before taking a fatal mix of drugs according to his family.
The 36-year-old went to the pub the night before he died, and his family believed he had been sleeping the following day, South Manchester Coroners Court heard on Wednesday (October 12). But Mr Talbot was found dead in his room, before police discovered he had messaged someone with 'notice of intent to take his own life'.
The court heard that Mr Talbot, who was born in Withington, had been diagnosed with myeloid leukaemia in July 2018. He had been under the care of a haematologist at The Christie and had previously secured a match for a stem cell donor.
