Comedy legend and Father Ted star Jon Kenny dies aged 66 after tragic cancer diagnosis

Father Ted star Jon Kenny has died at the age of 66 after a two-year battle with cancer.

Kenny’s wife, Margy, confirmed he had passed away yesterday evening at a clinic in Galway.

The 66-year-old was best known for playing multiple roles in the Channel 4 comedy Father Ted.

He was also one half of comedy duo, the D’Unbelievables, with Pat Shortt,

The comedian had previously recovered from non-Hodgkins lymphoma in his 40s but announced in 2020 that his cancer had returned.

“I was diagnosed… 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 good. Good luck to that,” he revealed on RTÉ’S Oliver Callan show.

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