A man who was battling cancer had tea with his mum and "seemed himself" the day before he ended his own life. Marc Talbot, 36, had sat with his mum and then went out to the pub the day before he ingested a fatal combination of drugs, an inquest heard this week. Marc, from Reddish, near Stockport, had sent a "goodbye message" just before he took his own life on April 12 this year.
Marc, who worked in waste management, had been diagnosed with myeloid leukaemia in July 2018, which mum Lynda said was a "massive shock" for her son because he was a "very fit young man" who would go to the gym every day. Despite his diagnosis, Lynda said he was determined to fight it and recover and "still had a smile on his face", the Manchester Evening News reports.
The night before he died, Marc went to the pub and the next day, his family thought he was sleeping - but he was found dead in his room, South Manchester Coroners Court heard on Wednesday, October 12. Police found he had messaged someone "with notice of intent to take his own life".
