What is Graham Thorpe?
[[File:Graham Thorpe.JPG|thumb|Thrope in 2005]] '''Graham Paul Thorpe''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (1 August 1969 &ndash; 4 August 2024) was an English [[cricket]]er. He played for [[English cricket team|England]] internationally and [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] domestically. He was a left-handed middle-order [[batsman]] and slip fielder. He appeared in 100 Test matches for England between 1993 and 2005. Thorpe was born in [[Farnham]], [[Surrey]]. He was married to Amanda. In May 2022, Thorpe was in hospital after he tried to die by [[suicide]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/cricket/graham-thorpe-england-cricketer-seriously-ill-hospital-prognosis-1621234|date=10 May 2022|access-date=10 May 2022|work=[[i (newspaper)|i]]|author=Gray, James|title=Graham Thorpe: Former England batsman and coach taken seriously ill with prognosis 'unclear'}}</ref> He died on 4 August 2024, three days after his 55th birthday. He killed himself by stepping in front of a train in [[Esher]], Surrey.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2024 |title=Graham Thorpe: Former England and Surrey batter dies aged 55 |url=https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/13191069/graham-thorpe-former-england-and-surrey-batter-dies-aged-55 |access-date=5 August 2024 |publisher=[[Sky Sports]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Graham Thorpe obituary: middle-order batsman who played in 100 Tests |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/graham-thorpe-obituary-death-l6h2899ft |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=[[The Times]] |date=5 August 2024}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} * {{cricinfo|id=21537}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorpe, Graham}} [[Category:1969 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:English cricketers]] [[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Surrey]] [[Category:Suicides in the United Kingdom]] {{sports-bio-stub}}