Bloke dies after being ill for some time

A chain-smoking man died yesterday after being ill for some time. The 57 year old man’s career was in acting and he had starred in several films including one about dancing and another one about a ghost.
Some people said they were very sad about the man dying, even though they didn’t really know him at all.

The man’s death follows the sudden demise of another younger man who won an award for a film he was in and which also made some people very sad and, more recently, the death of a middle-aged man who did some singing.