Paul Danan, the British actor and reality star best known for playing Solomon “Sol” Patrick on the long-running sudser Hollyoaks, has died. He was 46. The actor’s reps at Independent Creative Management confirmed the news in an Instagram statement on Thursday.

The British actor, known for his appearances on "Celebrity Love Island" and "Celebrity Big Brother," had recently been hospitalized for respiratory failure.

Former Hollyoaks and Celebrity Big Brother star Paul Danan has died at the age of 46, his management company said. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Danan starred as resident bad boy Sol Patrick in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks and later went on to appear on shows like Celebrity Love Island.