Overview

• Hatton’s family set a midday service at Manchester Cathedral on Friday, October 10, with entry by invitation and a public procession route to be published.
• Long-time manager Paul Speak says he found Hatton at his Hyde home on September 14 after arriving to take him to the airport, recalling dark rooms, music upstairs, and calling police and an ambulance.
• Speak says he believes Hatton did not intend to die, emphasizing recent plans, while noting the coroner will determine the cause.
• Greater Manchester Police state the death is not being treated as suspicious, and an inquest will formally establish the cause.
• Family and manager cite upcoming plans—including taking his daughters to an Oasis concert, a Christmas trip to Tenerife, and a December comeback bout in Dubai—as signs he was in a good place.