Paul Sinha has announced his close friend and quiz teammate has died from coronavirus, just days after announcing he was showing symptoms himself.The 49 year old took to Twitter to pay tribute to Jon Jacob, who passed away from the deadly bug that has now placed the United Kingdom on lockdown.The Chase star wrote to his 143,000 followers on the social media platform: "Woken up to the news that Jon Jacob, my friend and quiz teammate for the last decade, has succumbed to corona. "Farewell mate, we smashed Sunday afternoons.
And you'll always be the Greatest Classical Music Quizzer ever." The tragic news comes just two days after Paul — known on the ITV quiz show as "The Sinnerman" — revealed he believes he has contracted the illness.