I didn't care if I died - Thomas
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Gareth Thomas donned his best grey Welsh Rugby Union suit and his finest patent shoes before heading for his swimming pool in the hope of becoming a "beautiful corpse".
The captain of Wales in both codes of rugby had wrestled with his sexuality for his whole career; now he had reached the end of the road.
His wife Jemma, a childhood sweetheart, had left Thomas three months after he told her he was gay.
Suicide now seemed the only option.
He wanted to die, but he wanted to be remembered with pride rather than shame - and that meant wearing his Wales suit.
In a wid…
The captain of Wales in both codes of rugby had wrestled with his sexuality for his whole career; now he had reached the end of the road.
His wife Jemma, a childhood sweetheart, had left Thomas three months after he told her he was gay.
Suicide now seemed the only option.
He wanted to die, but he wanted to be remembered with pride rather than shame - and that meant wearing his Wales suit.
In a wid…
