Overview

• Coroner Johanna Thompson concluded that Emma Izzard’s death was alcohol-related after reviewing testimony and medical records at a July inquest.
• Hospital documents show she suffered two cardiac arrests at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital following a bout of vomiting blood and died during a gastroscopy.
• A physician’s report attributed her death to an oesophageal and variceal bleed caused by long-term alcohol-induced liver disease.
• Her drinking escalated after her mother’s 2022 hospitalisation, and relapse cycles persisted despite self-funded rehab, at-home detox, AA meetings and support from Change Grow Live.
• Izzard, who first attracted attention on BBC’s Escape to the Country in 2021, had faced a family history of alcoholism and mental health challenges.