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Status Quo fan hangs himself after wife left him for guitarist Rick Parfitt
9th March 2008

A devoted Status Quo fan who plunged into depression after his wife left him for guitarist Rick Parfitt has hanged himself at home, it emerged today.
Relatives of Nigel Hewitt, who introduced wife Angie to his idol, say he killed himself because he could not face life without her.
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