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Bond girl actress who had suffered from bowel cancer ended her life by drinking a corrosive cleaning liquid, Westminster Coroner's Court has heard.
Angela Scoular, 65, who starred in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, died in April.
The actress, who lived in Maida Vale, west London, was battling alcoholism and depression and worried about debts.
Coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox recorded a verdict that she killed herself "while the balance of her mind was disturbed".
Ms Scoular's death was not suicide, the coroner ruled.
The court heard Ms Scoular suffered non-survivable 40% burns to her throat, body and dietary tract.
The cause of death was ingestion of a corrosive substance and multiple fractures, said Dr Wilcox.
The coroner heard the actress died two hours after drinking the liquid, containing 91% sulphuric acid, and pouring it over her body.
The inquest was told Ms Scoular had been diagnosed with cancer in 2008 and was given the all clear after treatment and surgery.
But months before her death she began to fear the return of the disease.
Ms Scoular, who had battled alcoholism for years, used to drink between 150 and 210 units of alcohol a week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14218733
Angela Scoular, 65, who starred in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, died in April.
The actress, who lived in Maida Vale, west London, was battling alcoholism and depression and worried about debts.
Coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox recorded a verdict that she killed herself "while the balance of her mind was disturbed".
Ms Scoular's death was not suicide, the coroner ruled.
The court heard Ms Scoular suffered non-survivable 40% burns to her throat, body and dietary tract.
The cause of death was ingestion of a corrosive substance and multiple fractures, said Dr Wilcox.
The coroner heard the actress died two hours after drinking the liquid, containing 91% sulphuric acid, and pouring it over her body.
The inquest was told Ms Scoular had been diagnosed with cancer in 2008 and was given the all clear after treatment and surgery.
But months before her death she began to fear the return of the disease.
Ms Scoular, who had battled alcoholism for years, used to drink between 150 and 210 units of alcohol a week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14218733
