Jeremy Kyle Show guest who famously had skull inked on face tragically dies

03 March 2023 , 11:34

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Deon 'Mad Dog' Hulse, who had skulls tattooed on his face, has reportedly died (Image: ITV)

A Jeremy Kyle Show guest and tattoo fanatic who had skull inked on face has died.

Deon 'Mad Dog' Hulse, who had skulls tattooed on his face, has died peacefully in his sleep on February 26.

He appeared on the show in 2011, in an episode called "How Could My Boyfriend Destroy His Own Face?".

Deon lived in Walsall in the West Midlands. He famously appeared on the ITV show and said: "I don’t care what I look like.

"I am who I am, if people don’t like me for who I am, they can do one."

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A GoFundMe page has been set up by Deon's family to raise money for his funeral.

The page said: "He touched a lot of people’s hearts many of us will always have a story to tell about him he was a one off, a one in a trillion."

Deon appeared in an episode called "How Could My Boyfriend Destroy His Own Face?" (ITV)

It continued: "He has left a lot of people heart broken every little bit helps thank you everyone let’s show the family how much he’s loved and Deon rest in pure paradise. We all love ya kid."

A target of £2,000 has been set with over £300 raised so far.

Deon was one of the most memorable guests on the controversial chat show.

Tributes across the West Midlands have poured in for Deon. Roxy's Pet Shop in Walsall paid tribute to the self-confessed "family man and tattoo fan", with a Facebook post.

The Jeremy Kyle show was cancelled in May 2019 amid controversy and tragedy (ITV)

They described him as "one of the friendliest guys around". They said: "RIP Deon, our thoughts are with his family at this hard time."

Other tributes called Deon "the best guy about", "friendly" and "polite". Birmingham Live reports a balloon release was scheduled to take place in his memory on the car park of Home Bargains, Bloxwich, on February 28.

The Jeremy Kyle show was cancelled in May 2019 amid controversy and tragedy after 14 years on our screens.

The cancellation followed the tragic death of 63-year-old guest Steve Dymond. He had appeared on the show to prove he hadn't been cheating to his on-off fiancée.

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The Jeremy Kyle show ran for 14 years (ITV)

Steve failed the test, which are not 100% accurate. After filming ended, distraught Steve told one of the show's researchers "I wish I was dead".

Two hours later, he was sent home in a taxi. Just days later, Steve was tragically founded dead in his rented room in Portsmouth, with an autopsy later showing he had died of a morphine overdose and left ventricular hypertrophy.

Filming and broadcasting of The Jeremy Kyle Show was suspended with immediate effect.

Since then, former staff members and guests have given shocking insights into what it was really like behind-the-scenes.

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