Marcus
was 28 years old when he died. Two days previously he was at home when he
felt ill. He was short of breath, sweating and had chest pains - the
symptoms were identical to when he was rushed to hospital a few years
earlier. Back then it was diagnosed as a panic attack after lots of tests
and 4 hours in the hospital.
Marcus
told his partner Lucy he would be fine as he didn’t want to go back into
hospital again. The next day he felt better and went to work as a Taxi
driver in Harwich but his mum was insistent he went to the doctors for a
check up. He reluctantly went, they did an ECG test, blood pressure and
other checks, and was assured everything was fine. The next day he collapsed
and died.
The post
mortem gave the cause of death as Haemopericardium and dissection of the
ascending thoracic aorta. Marcus was not overweight, hardly ever drank and
regularly played his favourite game of golf. He was a single figure golfer
and represented his club, Harwich & Dovercourt, on several occasions. There
are now three trophies which are played for annually in his memory.
He lived
in Colchester with Lucy, his partner of 6 years. They had only lived in
their new house for 5 months, and Lucy was qualified as a teacher of music
in Colchester. Marcus was very proud of her
achievements.
