An actor of whom you haven't heard has suddenly died. You know the bloke, he was in that thing with Whatsisname. Did a screen-test for Heartbeat, I think, or was that the other one? Despite his years of treading the boards, this chap never quite achieved National Treasure status, one of life's spear-carriers to the end.
His family are shocked and saddened; Thingummy was a much loved uncle/brother/father etc and because it's New Year and no one more important has choked on the sprouts over Xmas, we'll put it in the papers and pretend we give a fuck.