Former motorsport mogul Max Mosley died of a gunshot wound in the bedroom of his London home last May after being told his cancer was in the final stages, an inquest said. The investigation was released on Tuesday.
At the time, his family said the 81-year-old, one of the most influential figures in F1 history, had passed away after a long battle with cancer.
British media said the investigation at Westminster Coroner Court revealed Mosley had been told he had just weeks to live.
A neighbor and his housekeeper summoned emergency services after finding a note on his bedroom door saying “don’t come in, call the police.”
The inquest heard Mosley tell his longtime personal assistant Henry Alexander the day before that he intended to take his own life.
The BBC quoted coroner Fiona Wilcox as saying she was ‘satisfied’ Mosley had attempted suicide.
Mosley, the youngest son of famous 1930s British fascist Oswald Mosley, became president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), the governing body of Formula One, in 1993. He was in office for 16 years. five.
In 2008, he won a high-security lawsuit against the now-defunct British newspaper News of the World after it published a video showing him engaging in a sex role. Nazi style, which Mosley denied and which the newspaper failed in court. .
He then financially supported the court costs of the claimants in the newspaper’s phone hacks.
