A world-renowned neuroscientist jumped to his death off a 60ft-high bridge after becoming unable to cope with the pain of a serious knee injury.
Professor Jonathon Driver, 49, dislocated his right knee in a motorbike crash in January last year, an inquest heard this week.
He felt unable to cope with his work and feared becoming a burden to his wife and two sons, aged 13 and ten, with whom he lived in Crouch End, North London.
The academic was one of just six scientists worldwide with a Royal Society Anniversary Research Professorship – a coveted post held by many Nobel Prize winners.
He was also a gifted bass guitarist and member of the pop group London Boys.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125608/World-famous-neuroscientist-ex-pop-star-killed-suffering-shattering-knee-injury.html
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