Veronica died a week after being diagnosed with cancerNeil Shaw Assistant Editor (Money and Lifestyle)08:40, 06 Jul 2026A mum died from cancer after she was exposed to deadly asbestos while washing her husband's dusty work clothes more than 30 years ago, her family claim. Veronica Kidman was told she had mesothelioma - a terminal cancer linked to asbestos exposure - in January this year.‌The former medical secretary died just one week later, aged 72. Her heartbroken family think she was exposed to asbestos while hand-washing the filthy overalls of her late husband Ian, who was a BT field engineer between 1971 and 1989. Before her death, mum-of-two Veronica recalled how Ian would regularly return home covered in a "great deal of dust" covering his clothes and hair.‌She would hand wash his w