Volpeliere-Pierrot got injured after she was thrown off her horse when she went riding with John Hurt .
The couple had planned to get married after 15 years together ; however , on 26 January 1983 Hurt and Volpeliere-Pierrot went riding early in the morning near their house in Ascott-under-Wychwood , Oxfordshire ; Volpeliere-Pierrot was thrown off her horse .
John Hurt