Winchester Coroner's Court
AN inquest has opened into the death of a pensioner at a hospice.
Frederick Lovell, 79, of Elmes Drive, Regents Park, Southampton, died at Countess Mountbatten House hospice at West End on July 6.
Consultant pathologist Dr Adnan Al-Badri said the cause of death was lung cancer plus cigarette smoking and exposure to asbestos.
Senior coroner Grahame Short adjourned the hearing in Winchester to be resumed on January 14 2019.
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