Natascha McElhone’s surgeon husband was found dead yesterday from a suspected heart attack at the age of 42. Martin Kelly, a celebrated plastic surgeon, had just returned from carrying out a late-night operation when he collapsed at his front door. Natascha, 36 who is pregnant with their third child, was said to be “absolutely devastated”. The news was broken to her in Los Angeles where she is filming the TV drama Californication.

His body was found by a surgeon friend in the hall of the family’s £2.5million [$5 million] house in Fulham minutes after he had returned home from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where he was an NHS consultant.

He was taken back to the hospital by ambulance where doctors tried in vain to resuscitate their colleague. One theory for the shocking death was that the surgeon’s heart might have been damaged by a recent viral infection.

The surgeon and the actress were about to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary and had known each other since they were teenagers.

McElhone said last year: “It is kind of wonderful to be with someone who’s known you almost since you were a child. He is an exceptional human being, he really is.” – Daily Mail

What a tragic!  Nothing can compensate the loss of a loved one. Our condolences to Natascha and her family.