\n A statement on the Only Fools and Horses Appreciation Society Facebook page said: “Patrick Murray.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is with heartfelt sadness that we report the death of our friend Patrick Murray – Mickey Pearce to so many.\n<\/p>\n
\n “He was a regular attendee of our conventions and we will miss his humour and the joy he brought to many.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Sleep Well Pat!”\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Patrick played the character of Mickey in around 20 episodes of Only Fools, which ran from 1983 to 2003.\n<\/p>\n
\n He also had roles in ITV Playhouse, Scum, Quadrophenia, Breaking Glass, Curse of the Pink Panther and Bergerac.\n<\/p>\n
\n Hundreds of fans have been paying tribute to Patrick, following the news of his death.\n<\/p>\n
\n One person commented: “My deepest condolences to Patrick\u2019s family he was a great character in only fools and horses my all time favourite comedy series R.I.P.”\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Another wrote: “Oh no! Another OFAH family member, we have to say goodbye to RIP Patrick. Condolences to his family and friends x.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Recommended reading:\n<\/p>\n
\n This person shared: “Rest peacefully Patrick. Mickey Pearce was a legendary character in fools. Thank you for the laughs, you\u2019re going to be missed.”\n<\/p>\n
\n A viewer who was also sad to learn of his passing, put: “RIP Patrick aka Micky Pearce was 1 of the best characters in OFAH always laughed at his parts he played it brilliantly, so very sad, he has joined Grandad, Uncle Albert, Mike, Trigger, Boycie & Sid, all OFAH legends.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Someone recalled their treasured memories with Patrick, as they said: “Patrick used to be a cabby in Blackheath in the 90s and often I would get him to drive me home after a late night out at the pub\u2026 he would do this in between his bouts of acting\u2026. This is very sad news.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A statement on the Only Fools and Horses Appreciation Society Facebook page said: “Patrick Murray. “It is with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-175509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}