Sad news:
================================================================Donnington Brewery owner Claude Arkell is believed to have taken his own life after it emerged he was found dead at his home with a 'shotgun injury'.
Mr Arkell, who was aged 89, had been ill for some time and had recently been in Cheltenham General Hospital.
His cousin James Arkell told the Cotswold Journal: "The whole family is shellshocked. "He wasn't well and he didn't like being old. He'd always threatened he would commit suicide and felt it was his right to go when he wanted to.
"But everyone is rather horrified, even though he was a senior gentleman."
Mr Arkell, whose wife died five years ago, had spent his whole life at the family-run brewery - except for during the war when he was a pilot for the RAF.
James described him as a "real country gentleman" and a very private man. He confirmed the brewery would be staying in family ownership.
Police said they were not treating the death as suspicious.
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