Cricketers to die by suicide as former India pacer David Johnson passes away
Image Source : GettyFormer India pacer David Johnson, who played a couple of Test matches, died by committing suicide as he jumped off his balcony from the third floor on June 20. Here's a look at the list of a few cricketers who died by suicide in the past
Image Source : GettyAubrey Faulkner, former South Africa cricketer for 25 Tests, was suffering from a bipolar disorder and gassed himself in his storeroom and died by suicide in 1930 at the age of 48
Image Source : ICC XFormer Australian cricketer Jack Iverson died aged 58 in 1973 by shooting himself in chest after suffering from recurring depression
Image Source : Getty/ICC X (File)Sid Barnes, former Australian cricketer who played five Test matches, consumed barbiturates and bromide in a probable suicide in 1973, aged 57
Image Source : Getty/ICC XFormer England and Somerset cricketer Harold Gimblett committed suicide after an overdose of a prescribed drug in 1978 at the age of 63
Image Source : SomersetCCC XPeter Roebuck, another ex-England and Somerset cricketer, jumped off the sixth floor of his hotel in 2011, the same day the cops were set to question him regarding alleged sexual assault on a man
Image Source : GettyDavid Bairstow, 25-match cricketer for England, died by suicide after hanging himself at his home in 1998 aged 46
Image Source : GettyFormer India and Tamil Nadu cricketer VB Chandrasekhar died by hanging himself in his house five days short of his birthday in 2019. Chandrasekhar played seven ODIs for India
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