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Asbestos link to OAP's death
9:00pm Monday 8th February 2010 in
AN elderly man died as a result of prolonged exposure to asbestos, an inquest heard.
Former pipe-fitter’s mate, Anthony Fry, had regularly come into contact with the deadly mineral while he was working at the British Rail depot at Eastleigh.
Southampton Coroner’s Court heard that the 73-year-old, of Bassett Green Village, Southampton, had died of the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, on October 26 last year.
Coroner, Keith Wiseman, recorded a verdict of death by industrial disease.
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