Ex-NoW reporter Sean Hoare 'died of natural causes'

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Source: BBC News

An inquest into the death of former News of the World showbusiness reporter Sean Hoare has found he died of natural causes.

Mr Hoare, 47, who claimed phone hacking was rife at the paper, was found dead at his home in Watford in July.

Hertfordshire Coroner Edward Thomas said Mr Hoare died after suffering alcoholic liver disease.

He had used alcohol "as a crutch" to cope with the stress generated by the phone-hacking scandal, Mr Thomas said.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15855935

[SpiralHawk]

1. Freaking plug ugly Republicon* Family Values

* International variant

[montanto]

2. Alcoholism is a republican family value? nice.

[SpiralHawk]

8. Nope. Phone Hacking is. As the Record shows.

Just tragic that a man was driven to his death by the kind of dark shit Murdoch (R) and his International Republicon Cronies pull against decent people abroad and here in the US of A.

Plug ugly (R).

[saras]

3. Dying while exposing anything of TPTB is "natural", always.

[KamaAina]

4. Also known as "Baxter's Disease"

:scared:

[canuckledragger]

5. I still think it's a bullshit explaination

I will ALWAYS be suspicious of 'natural' deaths of whistleblowers when a major investigation is underway.

[OnyxCollie]

6. Escaping the horrible reality that is, well, reality.

Sean Hoare, meet Dr. Bruce Ivins.

[harmonicon]

9. My thought as well...

though, in this case, there was an inquest. Perhaps this poor fellow just had his time (if so, it seems like he lived as if he knew he deserved it).

[radhika]

7. How convenient for Rupert n/t

[autorank]

10. The varieties of cover up experience

Right, and pigs live in trees.