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.