York-based financial adviser Nick Gunnell has died.
An inquest was opened following his death in July 2020.
A post-mortem examination concluded that Gunnell drowned in the River Ouse near York city centre, the coroner overlooking the case revealed on 2 December.
Local paper The York Press reported that Gunnell left a note for his family expressing his regret and apologising. The letter included the phrase “covid-19 got me”.
Gunnell was getting ready to sell his eponymous financial advisory business at the beginning of 2020, which he set up 30 years ago, and was planning to take a tour of the Greek islands with his wife.
But when the pandemic hit, and travel restrictions were imposed, the trip didn’t go ahead and the M&A deal for his firm fell through, the coroner added.
Gunnell’s brother said the financial adviser was one of the many “hidden victims” of coronavirus, according to the paper.
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