Shameless actress Tina Malone’s husband has died aged 42

Actress Tina Malone has said she is ‘totally devastated’ as she announced the death of her husband Paul Chase at the age of 42.

The 61-year-old star, best known for her roles in Brookside and Shameless, shared the heartbreaking news confirming his passing on Wednesday morning, March 13th.

In a post on X she wrote: “It’s with total heartbreak I write this my husband Paul Chase Malone passed away this morning we are totally devastated.” 

Many fans and friends offered kind and supportive words in the comments, as one person wrote: “I’m truly sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family.”

Another put: “SO very sorry for your loss. May your husband RIP.”

And a third said: “So very sorry for your loss Tina, I heard you talk about him many times & I know you both adored each other.”

The pair married in 2010 and had a daughter together, Flame, in 2013. Malone also has a daughter, Dannielle, from a previous relationship.

In 2019 Malone announced she had split from Chase after 11 years together, but the couple got back together again several months later, as the star said at the time that their love for each other ‘never went away’. 

Speaking to Closer magazine at the time, she said: “The 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.

“We were either arguing, bickering or not talking at all, I’d end up putting Flame to bed and falling asleep next to her.

“Paul and I had always had a great sex life but were barely touching each other. At one point, we didn’t have sex for five months.”

Malone played Mo McGee on the now defunct Merseyside soap Brookside and Mimi Maguire on Shameless. The actress also went on Celebrity Big Brother series six as a housemate in January 2009.

Chase’s cause of death has not yet been revealed.