Edward Downes "serious health problems" suffered by the couple. A statement issued by the couple's children said that while Downes could have gone on living with his deafness and blindness, he did not want to do so after his wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. In March 2010, Keir Starmer (director of public prosecutions) stated that Caractacus Downes would not be prosecuted for his involvement with his parents' assisted suicide because it was not in the public interest. Edward Downes Sir Edward Thomas ("Ted") Downes, CBE (17 June 1924 – 10 July 2009) was an English conductor, specialising in opera. He was
Icon (Wetton and Downes album) 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 (on Frontiers Records), featuring selected tracks from the album, with some