Joe McIntyre Joe McIntyre was the father of Tina McIntyre . After a series of debts and problems , Joe tried to fake his own death in 2010 to get life insurance , but ended up killing himself for real when out on Lake Windermere at night . Biography . He began a relationship with Gail Platt , whose son was dating his daughter Tina . Their relationship was revealed in October 2008 when David and Tina walked in on them kissing . When Joe fitted a kitchen for the Windasses , they refused to pay up as they didn ' t like the work . David , Tina and Graeme Proctor arrived at their house and tore out the kitchen . They later stole Joe ' s tools . The family moved into 6 Coronation Street in December 2008 . The mother Anna Windass wanted to make peace with them and talked to Gail about it , who accepted . However , when they spent Christmas together , a fight broke out between David and Gary Windass , who tried to flirt with Tina . Joe got angry and started throwing food at them , and told them to leave . This worried Gail . Joe injured his back when loading up his van , and had to take two weeks from work . When prescribed painkillers , he began to get addicted over the coming months . In order to get painkillers from the doctors , he said he still had a sore back . When his doctor cut down the amount of tablets , Joe tried to find a dealer . When Graeme offered to get him some painkillers , Joe agreed and got some for free . However , Graeme said Joe would have to pay if he wanted any more painkillers . David got in on the act and started taunting and teasing Joe . Joe had enough , so took drastic action . He stole Gail ' s keys to the Rosamund Street Medical Centre , let himself in and started smashing up cupboards with a sledgehammer and a crowbar trying to get to the drugs . The police later arrived to arrest him , and he got community service . Soon after this , he had bought a boat from Bill Webster , and got it done up , in the hope of selling it for a lot of money . However , he decided against the sale , and named it " Gail Force " . Joe and Gail had dinner on the back of the boat on her drive . Joe then proposed to Gail , which she happily accepted . In December 2009 , it was revealed that Joe was in debt with a loan shark named Rick Neelan , who he owed £9 , 000 . Rick began bothering Joe , so Joe gave Rick the van which he hoped would at least be worth the amount of money Joe owed him . Rick however returned , damanding more money . When Gail found out , she agreed to sell the house and help him pay off his debts . However , even though Joe was happy for Gail ' s support , he quickly needed the money to get Rick of his back . Joe later borrowed money from Gail ' s father Ted Page , saying he was putting it towards a flat for himself and Gail . Ted was happy to help . However , Joe later gave the cash to Rick , and told Rick to stay clear of his impending wedding . In January 2010 , Gail and Joe got married , with Gail ' s dad giving her away and Gail ' s son Nick Tilsley being the best man . When they were celebrating in the Rovers , Rick turned up and demanded Joe to pay £15 , 000 in interest . Rick also threatened Joe , saying he would hurt his daughter Tina . Joe and Gail left for their honeymoon in the Lake District . Joe was however worried by what Rick was going to do . On 11th January 2010 , Gail and Joe arrived back from their honeymoon . When Gail went to bed , Joe was looking up information on getting himself life insurance on the internet . Joe then booked to return to Windermere for 8th February after much research on the internet and more threats from the loan shark . Shortly before their departure , Joe confessed to a suspicious Tina about how much trouble he was in , and that the man who Tina thought had previously visited her flat for a viewing was in fact the loan shark , and that he did this to put pressure on Joe . A furious Tina offered help , but Joe insisted that he could manage his own problems and that he ' d worked out a way of dealing with it . The argument ended bitterly with last words from Joe , " I don ' t need your money , I ' ll sort this , I don ' t need help from anyone ! " When Gail arrived home from work later that night , she discovered Joe talking on the phone . He received confirmation that they would arrive at Windermere as planned , and Joe was highly excited . Even later that night , Joe visited Tina and apologised , telling her that he could manage on his own , and that everything would be fine . It was at this point that Joe told Tina that he and Gail were returning to Windermere for a few days , and he was taking the boat . A tearful and emotional Joe said his final words to his daughter . Joe prepared the boat and packed everything ready to go . As Gail got ready , Joe kept looking outside for the loan shark . Gail spent some time on the phone to her son Nick , while a patient Joe waits . When Gail finished on the phone , she walked out the door asking Joe if he was ready . The couple went to the car , and after a quick send off from Audrey , David and Tina , they left for Windermere . Gail and Joe arrived at Windermere and got settled in . Meanwhile , David was confronted by the loan shark who was looking for Joe . Tina overheard the conversation and caught up with David to tell him about the trouble that Joe was in . They discussed this , and both feared that Joe might do something stupid . While Joe and Gail relaxed for their first night of the trip after taking a boat trip on the lake , their discussion drifted from Joe ' s debts , and how nice it would have been to turn their back on their troubles , to Gail contemplating about winning the lottery and wiping the slate clean . Joe told her that there was another way ; to disappear , comparing his plans to a man who did the same , but got arrested for faking his own death . He then told Gail that he was worth more to her dead than alive , and that she ' d have to manage for a few years , but down the line she would get her lottery win and he explained how him faking his own death could solve all of their problems . Gail realised that his contemplation of an idea was a plan that he had thought about and researched a lot on the internet . Gail was terrified , but Joe explained that if he didn ' t fake his own death , then the loan shark would kill him for real . Joe explained that bodies had been lost in the lake before , and that all she needed to do was let Joe escape on the boat , and report him missing to the police the next morning . He would then catch a ferry to Ireland , so that he could lie low there , get a new identity and job , and that he had researched all of this on the internet . He explained that the life insurance would pay up in seven years , and that they would have enough money to last them forever . After his discussion with Gail , Joe put his plan into action . Gail tried to stop him by wrestling with him and jumping onto the boat , but Joe overpowered her and threw her back onto the jetty . He then sailed off into the night , leaving a screaming Gail alone . However , his plan turned horribly wrong when a huge gust of wind moved the sailing mast , which plunged into Joe with a great force , sending him into the freezing water . He attempted to swim back to the boat , but the rough and icy waters , as well as the strong , cold winds proved too much for him to handle - his body seized up and he drowned just before he could pull himself back up on board . Quotes . " I ' m looking for Tina McIntyre . " ( First line to Gail Platt ) Gail : " I ' m not responsible for the mess you ' re in . " Joe : " I am starting to wonder about that . " Gail : " what ' s that supposed to mean ? " Joe : " You really want to know ? You ' re a jinx , you happy now ? When it comes to the male of the species you are the equivalent of Tutankhamun ' s curse . Before we met , life was on the up . Well I wasn ' t exactly setting the world alight but I was holding me own . Now look at the state of me ! Look at me ! " Gail : " Joe you ' re scaring me ! " Joe : " And to think , in them early days when you subjected me to the Gail Platt school of pain I actually felt sorry for you . I said to myself , how can any woman have that much bad luck with blokes . Fast forward 18 months and suddenly it all makes sense ! Bad luck , you make your own luck ! And its mugs like me who pay the price ! That doorway should have a sign over it , ' Fellas , abandon all ye enter ' . " " Gail , help me , Gail ! " ( Final Line , when crying Gail ' s name when drowning )