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Graphic Designer, 19, With Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Commits Suicide After Saying Pain Unbearable

August 5, 2013
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This is heartbreaking.

George Philpott, 19, is believed to have killed himself after saying the pain from his incurable condition was unbearable.

The graphic designer had Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, like Cherylee Houston, 38, who plays Corrie’s wheelchair-bound Izzy.George’s body was found in a river near his home in Cardiff.

Pal Bethan Williams said: “He’d used all kind of painkillers and none seemed to work.”

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