Former F1 boss Mosley shot himself after cancer diagnosis, inquest hears

Former FIA racing chief Max Mosley leaves the High Court in London January 14, 2015. Google Inc. sought on Wednesday to block a lawsuit filed against it by Max Mosley in the High Court in London over access through its search engine to images of the former motor racing chief taking part in a sex party. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: CRIME LAW MEDIA)

LONDON (Reuters) - Former motor racing boss and privacy campaigner Max Mosley died of a gunshot wound in the bedroom of his London home last May after being told his cancer was terminal, an inquest heard on Tuesday.

His family had said at the time that the 81-year-old, youngest son of prominent 1930s British fascist Oswald Mosley, died after a long battle with cancer.