▁off ▁his ▁b icy cle ▁and ▁he ▁finished ▁ 1 5 th . ▁ ▁Things ▁grew ▁worse . ▁His ▁marriage ▁to ▁Mar guer ite , ▁failed . ▁The ▁hotel , ▁too , ▁failed ▁and ▁Elli ott ▁lost ▁all ▁his ▁money . ▁▁ ▁To ▁try ▁to ▁restore ▁his ▁situation , ▁he ▁sold ▁a ▁story ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁tab lo id ▁newspaper , ▁The ▁People , ▁telling ▁of ▁drug - t aking ▁and ▁b ri ber y . ▁The ▁article ▁went ▁into ▁few ▁details ▁but ▁was ▁enough ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁sn ub bed ▁by ▁other ▁profession als . ▁The ▁same ▁had ▁happened ▁to ▁Sim pson ▁when ▁he ▁sold ▁his ▁story ▁to ▁the ▁same ▁paper ▁but ▁while ▁Sim pson ▁recovered ▁despite ▁repr im ands ▁from ▁his ▁agent , ▁criticism ▁in ▁the ▁cy cling ▁press ▁and ▁a ▁threat ▁of ▁dismiss al ▁by ▁his ▁team , ▁Elli ott ' s ▁career ▁never ▁reg ained ▁momentum . ▁British ▁cy cling ▁journalist ▁J ock ▁W ad ley , ▁who ▁had ▁shared ▁a ▁room ▁with ▁Elli ott ▁at ▁the ▁Sim plex ▁training ▁camp , ▁said : ▁" I ▁knew ▁times ▁were ▁hard ▁for ▁him ▁but ▁nobody ▁knew ▁just ▁how ▁hard ▁until ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁do ▁that ." ▁ ▁Later ▁years ▁Elli ott ▁returned ▁to ▁Dublin ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁and ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁metal - working ▁business ▁in ▁Prince ' s ▁Street ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁centre , ▁with ▁his ▁father . ▁Mar guer ite ▁remained ▁in ▁France , ▁with ▁his ▁only ▁son , ▁Pascal . ▁Fri ends ▁helped