ONE of Britain's leading plastic surgeons has died after collapsing at his home, it was announced yesterday.
Martin Kelly, 42, who was the husband of the actress Natascha McElhone, died of a suspected heart attack after being found in the doorway of his west London home on Tuesday by a doctor friend.
Dubbed the "king of rhinoplasty" in celebrity circles
, he had two young sons with Ms McElhone, 36, who is pregnant with the couple's third child. She was filming in Los Angeles at the time and is expected to return to London shortly with sons Theodore, eight, and Otis, five.
Mr Kelly was pronounced dead on arrival at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where he worked as a consultant plastic surgeon.
Roy Greenslade, a media commentator and Ms McElhone's stepfather, said family, friends and colleagues were in "complete shock" at the death of "a truly magnificent man".
He added: "As well as being a brilliant doctor, he painted, wrote his own music (and was] a great sportsman. He was just terrific and a true Renaissance man."
Ms McElhone has starred in films including Ronin and The Truman Show and TV series Californication.
Peter Butler, who was given the go-ahead to perform the UK's first full-face transplant in 2006, knew Mr Kelly for more than 12 years.
The consultant plastic surgeon said his friend's death was "a massive loss", adding: "He was one of the most capable plastic surgeons Britain has ever produced."
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