The diabetic son of football legend Bobby Moore died after collapsing from a life-threatening complication of the disease, an inquest heard this week.
Dean Moore, 43, a recovering alcoholic, was found lying on the living room floor of his Notting Hill support centre by a care worker after his worried mother Tina - the football legend's wife - was unable to contact him on July 27 this year.
Next to him were inhalers, a packet of pain-killers and a 'significant amount' of medication including insulin and insulin-delivery systems.
Westminster coroners court heard Mr Moore, a chef, had a history of alcohol dependency, diabetes, depression, gout and asthma.
He had last been seen by a doctor on July 4 because he was unable to sleep and had been abstinent from alcohol for some time.
Pathologist Dr Mike Osborn, who carried out the post-mortem, said he found a large quantity of the acid beta-hydroxy, a 'ketone' or metabolite of the body that is produced when the body does not have enough glucose.
He said: 'When you eat food it is broken down into glucose. If you do not have enough glucose there are other ways your body will attempt to keep you alive.
'If you are an insulin-dependent diabetic you can eat as much food as you can but because your body can't take the glucose that is made it thinks you have not had anything to eat and it breaks down the fat.
'Your body can't do anything with the sugar that is in your body. This process is not ideal to keep you alive.
The 43-year-old was a chef and was known to be a keen drinker, though it is thought he had not touched a sip of alcohol for some time
'These bodies alter the alkali balance of your blood. If this is a prolonged process as in people with severe diabetes the enzyme you need to keep you alive stops working.
'It is indicative of your body not working correctly and it causes a metabolic acidosis which is a severe illness and can lead to death.'
Asked by coroner Dr Shirley Radcliffe if there was a possibility Mr Moore was not aware of the seriousness of his condition, he replied: 'Absolutely.'
He added that alcohol-dependency can also lead to the body reacting in the same way but that 'there is no evidence to suggest it was alcohol-induced. It is due to diabetic acidosis.
'He probably didn't have ideal insulin control. The fact that his diabetes was poorly controlled is not an indication of him poorly controlling it.'
Recording a verdict of natural causes and adding that he died of diabetic ketoacidosis, Dr Radcliffe said: 'He was an insulin-dependent diabetic. The control of that in some people can be very brittle but particularly in young people who may vary in what they eat.'
Bobby Moore, captain of England's World Cup winning team in 1966, died from cancer in 1993
She added: 'There was an excess amount of acid in his body as a result of the ketones that had been produced. His diabetes control was out of control.'
Speaking afterwards, his older sister Roberta said: 'It is an unbelievably sad time. It is very difficult to hear about Dean's long struggle with diabetes today. We all still miss him terribly.
'He was an incredibly funny, generous, kind and thoughtful person. We are all still trying to come to terms with it because it was all so unexpected. It has left a gaping hole in our lives.'
