The husband of a contestant on The Chase has announced his wife has tragically died following her appearance on the show.
Debbie appeared on the ITV quiz show in an episode that was filmed prior to the coronavirus lockdown and that aired as a repeat last week.
The Chase contestant had survived a battle with cancer 14 years before the disease tragically returned for a second time.
Her husband shared the news in a group after the episode aired on Wednesday and wrote: "Debbie, who was on the Chase on [Wednesday] and who Sean flirted with sadly lost her 17 year battle with cancer last week."
"She was my beautiful wife and it was tough to see but at the same time lovely to see her how she was," he continued.
"It was filmed about three years ago. She was one of the last to be filmed before lockdown. She had breast cancer 14 years before this that had been away for a number of years, but about a year after she filmed this it came back in her bones and then in her brain."
Debbie's episode saw the budding quizzer go up against Shaun Wallace, also known as The Dark Destroyer, with the help of teammates Helen Inaam and George.
Bradley Walsh was on hand, as usual, to guide the contestants through the ITV quiz show.
After her cash builder, which saw Debbie accumulate £5,000 for her head-to-head round, The Dark Destroyer cheekily flirted with the ITV quiz show contestant.
"Hello Debbie," The Dark Destroyer remarked as Bradley hit out: "What was that!"
"Hello Shaun," the quizzer replied before turning to the host and added: "See I wasn't being flirty, was I?"
Bradley answered: "Well I don't know about that," before continuing on with the show.
The Dark Destroyer quickly rushed to Debbie's defence and denied she was "flirting" with him.
Debbie was subsequently caught by The Chaser and sadly didn't make it through to the final with her fellow contestants George and Helen.
The Chase airs on ITV on weekdays at 5pm.
