Robert Cavendish died in 1998, aged just forty-two, and just two years after the car accident that claimed the life of his father. Though his wife Sarah devoted herself to his care after the accident he was never well enough to return to work, and his health, both physical and mental slowly deteriorated as time went by. She told her sister Jennifer that Robert was never quite the same again after receiving a package of his father’s papers from his solicitor, but he would never talk about it. It still came as a surprise to his wife however when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour just six months before his death. It was inoperable, and spread rapidly, and Robert eventually died peacefully with Sarah at his side. As he lay in bed, his life slowly ebbing away, Sarah swears that Robert sudden
