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Transplant Recipient Married Donor’s Widow, Then Died by Suicide Years Later

The latest pieces revisit prior reports with no new findings.

Overview

  • Terry Cottle, 33, died by suicide in March 1995, and his heart was transplanted to Sonny Graham.
  • Graham later corresponded with Cottle’s widow Cheryl, divorced his first wife in 2001, and married Cheryl in 2004.
  • In April 2008, Graham, 69, was found dead of a single gunshot wound to the throat, a death that mirrored Cottle’s suicide 13 years earlier.
  • Friends and acquaintances told reporters Graham displayed new preferences, such as beer and hot dogs, and later depleted savings and accrued debts.
  • Today’s coverage from the Mirror, Daily Record, and Daily Star summarizes earlier local reporting and coroner details without introducing new evidence.