Wales football manager Gary Speed was found hanged at his home by his wife, an inquest was told today.
The 42-year-old father-of-two was found dead at his Cheshire home on Sunday morning.
Detective Inspector Peter Lawless, of Cheshire Police, told Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg that Speed's body was found by his wife Louise just before 7am.
He said there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances and a postmortem examination found Speed's death was caused by hanging.
Mr Rheinberg adjourned the inquest until January 30th. The inquest will be heard in Warrington.
There was a huge media presence at the inquest in Warrington but members of Speed's family did not attend.
The coroner asked the media to "respect the privacy" of Speed's family.