The Chase contestant Mike Johnson dies as chaser Darragh Ennis speaks out 'A sad loss' 

Johnson had stuck out to fans for his distinctive voice, with Walsh even asking him to do a voiceover for the show after his first appearance.

Revealing why he wanted to win some money on the show, Johnson told the host: “I haven’t seen my mother for a while in Trinidad and I’ve got myself a beautiful five-year-old daughter and it’s her birthday tomorrow so I’d like to take my wife and her over to visit, and maybe a little toy’s house as well.”

He had chosen to go for a £10,000 prize pot against three chasers – The Menace, Anne ‘The Governess’ Hegerty and Mark ‘The Beast’ Labbett – but lost out to them with 13 seconds to spare on their clock.  

News of his death comes after another Chase contestant, Pete Green, was revealed to have died in a house fire last month.

source: express.co.uk