He ranked among Britain's most beloved soap stars - but behind the trilby hat and cheeky grin of EastEnders rogue Frank Butcher, Mike Reid's actual life was far more turbulent than the character he played. The comic-turned-actor rose from the East End club circuit to reach nationwide stardom, but a string of personal tragedies and ruinous money troubles left him broken. When he died in 2007, aged just 67, Reid had lost both his fortune and, in his own words, "everything that mattered." Born in