Edward Downes after his health declined following a hip replacement. Lady Downes was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer that metastasised to her liver, and given only weeks to live. Lady Downes wrote a letter to family explaining that she had decided against treatment and that: Sir Edward, aged 85, and Lady Downes, aged 74, ended their lives by assisted suicide at the Dignitas clinic in Zürich, Switzerland, on 10 July 2009. Although Joan did not want the children present, Dignitas encouraged it and "Ted and Joanie" were reported to be pleased when the time came. Their children issued a statement speaking of
Icon (Wetton and Downes album) being remixes with orchestrations by Mike Stobbie (indicated by * below) Icon (Wetton and Downes album) Icon is a studio album recorded and released by Asia band members John Wetton and Geoffrey Downes in 2005. It is the first in the "Icon" series (though they previously released the album "Wetton Downes" in 2002, a collection of demos from the 1980s) See also "" (2006). The third Icon album is "Icon 3" (2009). All three were reissued in 2018 by Epicon Records, a vanity label for Icon albums set up by Wetton's estate and Downes. An Icon EP was also released