BREAKING: Chase contestant dies one month after winning £100k jackpot

A retired headteacher from Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, has sadly died just a month after winning a £100,000 jackpot on the popular ITV quiz show The Chase.

Tim McCarthy, 64, passed away in July following a long battle with illness. His wife, Rachel McCarthy, later revealed that Tim had been diagnosed with a terminal condition prior to filming the show and knew he had only a limited time left to live.

Despite his prognosis, Tim chose to take part in the show, recording his episode several months before his passing. Under the programme’s strict confidentiality agreement, he was unable to share the outcome of the episode publicly.

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“Only myself and our three children knew he had won,” Rachel told the BBC, explaining how the family had quietly celebrated his extraordinary success in private.

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