'Extremely fit' dad-of-two dies after freak allergic reaction despite having no known allergies

06.01.2022 - 23:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk

An 'extremely fit' dad-of-two died of heart failure after a freak allergic reaction.

Alistair Hendon, 56, suffered an acute anaphylactic reaction at his home on August 18 last year - despite having no known allergies.

An inquest was held into the popular part-time school caretaker's death on Wednesday, January 5, Somerset Live reports.

Avon coroner Dr Peter Harrowing read a statement from Mr Henden's wife, Caroline, who said that he was a "very active" before his sudden passing.

In a funeral notice in the Bath Chronicle, Alistair was described as a "very much loved husband to Caroline and loving father to Nicholas and Lydia".

In a funeral notice in the Bath Chronicle, Alistair was described as a "very much loved husband to Caroline and loving father to Nicholas and Lydia".

"Alistair will be greatly missed by so many family, friends and colleagues," it said.

During the inquest into his death, held at the coroner's court in Flax Bourton, Dr Harrowing read evidence from Mr Henden's daughter Lydia, and from a police officer and a paramedic who attended the scene.

In her statement, Caroline said that "August 18 began like any normal day".

When she left the house around 8.45am, Alistair was still in bed because he did not start work until the afternoon.

She added that he was "very active, extremely fit, and a keen gardener who enjoyed DIY". He liked helping others with odd jobs and had a "strict exercise routine" which involved strength-building and weight-lifting for half an hour every morning and evening.

Lydia was working from home on the day her father passed away and said she saw him "briefly" in the kitchen between 9am and 10am.

Just before 12pm he drove the short distance to a local DIY store to pick up some supplies, such as