Only Fools and Horses’ legendary Mickey Pearce actor diagnosed with cancer
thesun.co.ukONLY Fools and Horses actor Patrick Murray, who played trilby-loving Mickey Pearce, has revealed he had a cancerous tumour in his lung.
It comes four months after cancer killed his co-star John Challis — wheeler-dealer Boycie on the BBC1 sitcom. Patrick, 65, said he wanted to make his illness public to endorse a government ad urging people to check out unexplained aches and pains.
He said its removal might have saved his life and hoped to encourage others to do the same. Patrick, who has a seven-year-old girl, tweeted: “Naturally I wanted to keep my own health problems private, but failing to fully endorse this ad would be selfish. “Thanks to my ultrascan I have a fighting chance. “It showed my organs needed further investigation and tumours were spotted. “This led to a PET scan which covers a much larger area.
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