Game of Thrones actor Michael Patrick dies at 35

Actor and writer Michael Patrick has died at the age of 35.
The Irish native, who appeared in a season 6 episode of Game of Thrones, died while in hospice care, his wife Naomi Sheehan announced on Instagram on Wednesday, April 8. Patrick had been battling Motor Neuron Disease, which rapidly “attacks the nerves that control movement so muscles no longer work” and is incurable, according to the MND Association. ALS is the most common form of the disease, though his family didn't reveal his exact diagnosis.