“We have lived a big life”

Loved two years ago Master chief Judge Jock Zonfrillo died suddenly. For the first time since his death his wife Lauren Zonfrillo has opened up about his sudden death and how her life was without him.

Speak to Liz Hayes For a 7 -News Spotlight Special Jock and I: Love, Loss and InheritanceZonfrillo spoke openly about the moment she was informed that her husband died. However, when Zonfrillo was pressed by Hayes about her husband's death, she said that she would keep the information privately.

During the interview, Zonfrillo revealed that she and her two children, whom she shared with her late husband, were in Rome at the time of his death, while Zonfrillo remained in Australia to the new season of Master chief.

After Zonfrillo had repeatedly tried to reach him in his hotel room in Melbourne by phone, she said that she had become “hysterical” while she turned to the hotel's reception to get answers.

After a while, the police were called in Zonfrillos rooms to carry out a welfare check. At that time, Lauren was tragically informed that a “deceased man” was found in his hotel room. According to Zonfrillo, the clinical terms used to describe their husband were worried.

Jock Zonfrillo was always open to his battles as a former hero -energetic with persistent psychological health problems. During the interview, Hayes asked the question that many fans of Jock had asked themselves since his sudden death.

“This is a difficult question for me, but do you think his demons had obtained him?” Asked the journalist.

Zonfrillo replied that she didn't believe that Jock had committed suicide.

“No, I have allowed every option to get through my head. This is a rational way to think about it,” she said.

“I only knew where he was. I think more than anyone else was very comfortable with setting it as an option. I have put down every option because I had to knock it out. He was not at all this point when I went around him.

“He had a great perspective on life, we lived a big life, he was very present with the children and we were in this dream state:” We will move to Rome, can you believe it? ”

As an apparently healthy, 46-year-old man, Hayes admitted that Jock should “not have died”.

“I just wanted to know that he wasn't painful and I asked that,” said Zonfrillo to Hayes.

“I said,” Did something look like he was in pain? ”

After Jock's sudden death, the forensic doctor carried out an investigation into his death. Jock's cause of death was not regarded as not in the public interest. Zonfrillo says she is glad that the report was held privately and she intends to keep it that way.

“I wanted that and I was grateful for it,” she said.

“Many people want to know the answer to it, I am really aware of it. I have had a lot of experiences that come up to me and asked myself how Jock died? 'All strangers are very worrying.”

“Jock was very open and he made these decisions about what he was talking about. I do not want to make these decisions now because I do not know which one he does and what he doesn't want to talk about, so we only decided if it was not open to the public because Jock did not make it public that we would not contribute in any way.”

Although Zonfrillo recognized that she knows Jock's cause of death, she does not have the feeling that it necessarily helped her healing process.

“I would not say that it helped. There is nothing unanswered and nothing that is not understood. I have an answer, but it makes no difference, because when I got the answer, it was as far as the route was not so necessary for me.”

Jock Zonfrillo was found dead in a hotel room in Melbourne in May 2023. According to a spokesman for the Coronoers Court of Victoria, the examination of the death of Jock was concluded in August 2024 with the reports that were not published publicly.

Lauren Zonfrillo wrote a book about the death of her husband, who was called True to us until death, That was published this week. You can view the full interview of Zonfrillos with 7 messages Headlight on 7plus.