Charles Bronson gave a chilling prediction about wife Paula Williamson's death when she appeared on Loose Women last year to discuss their divorce.
Former Coronation Street actress Paula, 38, who was found dead at her home in Stoke-on-Trent this morning, married the lag in a prison chapel in November 2017.
But the pair called time on their romance last year when pictures were leaked to a newspaper of a man with his head between Paula's chest while she was at a gay bar on holiday.
Bronson flew into a rage and claimed she had "disrespected him" and demanded a divorce.
In a statement he gave to Loose Women last July he said Paula would be dead in two years if she didn't get help for her drink and drug problem.
He said: "Paula has disrespected me, my mum and most of all herself.
"I can't accept that kind of behaviour from somebody supposed to be my wife.
"She also has a drink and prescription drug problem, which makes her do crazy things. I can't be involved with somebody like that.
"I absolutely abhor alcohol and drugs. She needs to get help. I'll miss her but she needs to sort herself out or she will be dead in two years."
Sobbing Paula, who said she was "mortified" and "sorry to Charlie" for the "humiliation" she caused him, responded: "I have got an alcohol problem, I've got a drug problem - a prescription drug problem. I've had it for years.
"Every single messed up thing I've done for a long, long time is through alcohol. And it needs to stop. It needs to stop, he's made me realise that.
"I wanna stop."
Staffordshire Police confirmed Paula's body was found at a house in the Sneyd Green area of Stoke-on-Trent.
Her death is not being treated as suspicious.
She had appeared in Coronation Street and Emmerdale and met Bronson in prison in late 2016.
The pair first struck up a relationship as penpals and tied the knot in late 2017.
Friends and family gathered for the small marriage ceremony at HMP Wakefield, with Bronson handcuffed to a prison warden for the entire two-hour event.
Paula jetted off to Malta for their honeymoon.
But the couple both later asked for their marriage to be annulled, with Paula citing they did not have the chance to behind bars.
She appeared in Coronation Street three times between 2008 and 2012 as an unnamed nurse.
She has also starred in TV shows including Hollyoaks where she played a doctor, Scott & Bailey and Emmerdale.
Her death comes days after, in an interview from behind bars, Bronson said he had 'found true love' and planned to wed again.
Asked if he would ever find true love he said: "I already have - she's 63 years old and absolutely stunning.
"It's like I always say, stick to what you know, and my Joan comes from the same era and likes all the same things as me.
"We're traditional and have the same style and attitudes to things."
He has spent the last 44 years of his life behind bars for a litany of offences.
Bronson was first sent to prison for armed robbery in 1974 and has remained behind bars indefinitely due to repeated violent attacks on staff.
Meanwhile, it was reported that Paula had been thrown out of a nightclub on Saturday after getting into an argument with bouncers.
Her new lover first raised the alarm after noticing that she wasn't breathing and contacted emergency services, it is understood.
An ambulance rushed to the scene but pronounced her dead at the scene at around 7am this morning.
It is believed that Paula and her partner had moved in together just a few weeks ago.
A friend of Paula also told The Sun Online: "Paula's had a difficult time recently what with being in and out of rehab but things were looking up.
"She had just got back from a trip to Australia where she really had time to concentrate on herself.
"It was not secret she tried to take her own life last year but rehab and her holiday seemed to have really help.
"I spoke to her last week and she was really looking forward to the future. She was talking about losing weight and getting in shape and was hoping to get back in the limelight."
A statement from police read: "A woman from Stoke-on-Trent who was found dead this morning has been named as Paula Williamson, aged 38.
"Paula’s body was found in a house on Gordon Avenue, Sneyd Green, at around 7am.
"A post mortem will take place to establish the cause of death but the death is not being treated as suspicious.
"A report is now being prepared for the Coroners.
"Next of kin have been informed. The family have asked for their right to privacy to allow them to grieve at this difficult time."
