AN inquest into the death of a Tyne Valley father has found he took his own life after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. David Richard Hornby died at the age of 76 on October 19 2019 near his home in Bardon Mill. An inquest last Friday heard that a post-mortem examination concluded that Mr Hornby had died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the head. He had been diagnosed with terminal lung and bone cancer and had been receiving chemotherapy. His family described him as slightly subdued, but otherwise still himself. Speaking at the inquest, Dr Clive Bloxham explained that the post-mortem had found evidence that Mr Hornby s cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos.