Thursday, 22 May 2008

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Pregnant Natascha McElhone's husband dies

Plastic surgeon Martin Kelly has suspected heart attack

Natascha McElhone was in LA when he husband Martin Kelly passed away

Actress Natascha McElhone’s husband has been found dead at the age of 42.

Plastic surgeon Martin Kelly had a suspected heart attack yesterday at the couple's £2.5m Fulham home.

Natascha, 36, who is expecting their third child, is 'absolutely devastated' after being told the news. She and her sons – Theo, 8, and Otis, 4 – are now flying back from LA where she has been filming hit TV show Californication with David Duchovny.

Martin was taken to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital after a colleague found him collapsed on the floor but doctors failed to revive him.

Natascha’s stepfather Roy Greenslade has paid tribute to his talented son-in-law .

‘They had a fairytale romance - they were starcrossed lovers,’ he told the Daily Mail. ‘I have never known a marriage as close and warm as theirs. This is just an act of terrible cruelty. Even those doctors I have spoken to, including his close friends who tried to revive him, are mystified.

‘Martin did have a bit of a virus earlier this month and it is possible that did something to his heart valve. But clearly his death was utterly unexpected.’

Police are treating the death as unexplained. A post-mortem examination will take place this week.