Shameless actress Tina Malone has revealed that she is “totally devastated” after the unexpected death of her husband, Paul Chase.
Best known for her role in both Shameless and the British soap Brookside, the 61-year-old actress announced the news of his passing to her social media.
“It’s with total heartbreak I write this my husband Paul Chase Malone passed away this morning we are totally devastated,” she wrote on X, (formerly Twitter).
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He was only 42 years old, with his cause of death yet to be revealed.
The pair initially tied the knot in 2010, they were together for nine years before a brief separation in 2019.
They got back together in February 2020, just months later and have been together ever since.
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Malone and Chase also share a daughter whom they welcomed in 2013, Flame, aged 11.
The soap star revealed to Closer magazine that once they reconnected, their “love never went away.”
“We’re working on things now, our problems were compounded by depression but I learned that in tough times you have to pull together and not apart,” she told the publication.
“We were either arguing, bickering or not talking at all, I’d end up putting Flame to bed and falling asleep next to her,” Malone explained.
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In August of 2023, they shared a touching picture together, kissing as he lifted her up in the air on their 13th wedding anniversary.
Last year she assured fans that “things are good” between her and Chase, giving Closer an update on their relationship.
“He’s the fabric of my life, along with my daughters. Even in times when I’ve loathed him, and we all have that in relationships, in the worst of times – never ever has he not turned me on. We’ve always had that attraction,” she said.
Malone also has another daughter, Dannielle, who she gave birth to in 1982 and is also an actress.
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