A sad death, yes ... but not a global tragedy

Let's be fair, it was a quiet news day. Oh, Iran was still unravelling, sundry economies were still en route to hell in a handcart on which several instalments were outstanding, hostages had been shot, soldiers had been blown up, suicide bombers had committed further outrages and inter alia there was mouth-to-mouth combat in Washington over President Obama's proposals for health care and climate change.