Only Fools and Horses actor Patrick Murray dies aged 68

‘Much-loved’ film and TV performer played dim-witted Mickey Pearce in classic BBC sitcom

Patrick Murray, the actor best known for playing Mickey Pearce in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, has died aged 68.

In 2021 Murray revealed he had been diagnosed with cancer and had an operation to remove a lung tumour in its early stages. He said in 2022 that his oncologist had told him his “lung cancer was cured and that the tumour in my liver was shrinking”, but in April 2023 he revealed it had returned.