'Woken up to the news that Jon Jacob, my friend and quiz teammate for the last decade, has succumbed to corona.'
March 24, 2020 - 13:44 GMT Francesca Shillcock The Chase star Paul Sinha has said that his friend and quiz teammate has died from the coronavirus. According to the Mirror Online, the Chaser took to Twitter to write a tribute to his friend, saying:"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 quizzer has also been using his platform to raise awareness of the importance of social distancing since the outbreak began. Posting on Twitter last week, he explained:"Social Distancing. Self Isolation. It's the only way we are going to get through this. If you're stubbornly refusing to practice this in any way, you're doing a great job in consigning friends and relatives to an early grave.
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