Robert Todman, of Portland Close, Hailsham, called out to his wife Sheila during the incident and she rang an ambulance.

The 75-year-old was taken to Eastbourne District General Hospital but died the next day.

An inquest heard that the retired development engineer also suffered from Paget's Disease of the skull, which affects bone growth.

Bones break down more quickly and when it grows again it is softer than normal bone.

On the day of the incident on December 7 2007 Mr Todman had been ironing.
Mrs Todman said: 'I heard him call "Oh no, it's happening again".

'I saw him falling to the floor but he didn't hit his head. He started to be sick and said he had a bad headache.

'He started to produce blood in his vomit and I rang an ambulance. I saw there was blood in his ear.'

She told the hearing that her husband of 41 years had had around five vertigo attacks in the past three-and-a-half years.

A post mortem gave the cause of death as a left sub hematoma due to the fall and that Paget's Disease had been a contributory factor in his death.

Coroner Alan Craze said Mr Todman had suffered his head injury during the fall.

He recorded a verdict of accidental death.