the death of Bill Shankly. The BBC has this to say:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/5381414.stm

My childish sense of humour meant I had to compose myself for a few seconds before I could get beyond the following sentence:

"He was an outrageously extrovert character who touched people in the street."

Yes this may be footballcentric and dull to many many people, so to liven it up, try to guess the contents of my fridge. The person who correctly guesses all 4 items gets 20 points!