Death verdict
A COMBINATION of smoking and previous exposure to asbestos caused the death of a Southampton man, an inquest heard.
Terence Murdoch, a retired engineer, was a life-long smoker and had been employed at Fawley Power Station for 34 years.
The 69-year-old, of Bishops Road, Itchen, died at Countess Mountbatten Hospice in October 2012.
A verdict of death due to industrial disease and cigarette smoking was recorded.
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