Tributes have poured in for one of the Jeremy Kyle Show's most recognisable guests. Black Country tattoo fanatic Deon 'Mad Dog' Hulse reportedly passed away 'peacefully in his sleep' last week.
Deon appeared in an episode titled 'How Could My Boyfriend Destroy His Own Face?' on the controversial show back in 2011. He famously said to Kyle: "I don’t care what I look like. I am who I am, if people don’t like me for who I am, they can do one."
A GoFundMe page has been set up to give the Walsall native the 'send of he deserves', BirminghamLive writes. A post on the page said: "Hi all to everyone from Goscote, Bloxwich, Brownhills, even as far as Blackpool, many of you know Deon Mad Dog Hulse. He touched a lot of people’s hearts, many of us will always have a story to tell about him. He was a one off, a one in a trillion.
"As most know, Deon lost his life yesterday 26/02/2023, he died peacefully in his sleep. I want to set up a GoFundMe just to help with his funeral to give him the send of he deserves. I want to take the burden away from his loving family. He has left a lot of people heartbroken.
"Every little bit helps, thank you everyone, let’s show the family how much he’s loved and Deon rest in pure paradise . We all love ya kid."
Within three days, almost £250 has been raised towards the £2,000 target.
Roxy's Pet Shop in Walsall also paid tribute in a Facebook post to the self-confessed 'family man and tattoo fan'. Describing him as 'one of the friendliest guys around', they said: "RIP Deon, our thoughts are with his family at this hard time."
Other tributes on the post described him as 'the best guy about', 'friendly' and 'polite'. A balloon release was scheduled to take place in his memory on the car park of Home Bargains, Bloxwich, on February 28.
