Father Ted star Jon Kenny dies aged 66

Jon Kenny, the Irish actor and comedian best known for his role as Fred Rickwood in the British sitcom Father Ted, has died at the age of 66.

His wife, Margy, confirmed the news on Friday (November 15).

The actor died while receiving treatment at Galway Clinic following a protracted battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects the lymph nodes. He was first diagnosed when he was in his 40s and later made a full recovery but the cancer came back in 2020.

Earlier this year, Kenny spoke on RTÉ about his diagnosis: “The cancer came back. I had it there again. I had it about three years ago, four years ago so I had some operation to remove some of my left lung and that was

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