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Auf Wiedersehen, Pat

Metro11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Tributes continued to pour in yesterday for Auf Wiedersehen Pet actor Pat Roach.

The wrestler-turned-actor lost his battle against throat cancer on Saturday, aged 61.

The writers of the BBC series, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, said: 'Pat was a wonderful man. We're all devastated by his death.'

Close friend Billy Sutton, who grew up with him in Birmingham, added: 'Pat was a gentle giant, big physically but also big in terms of stature and humility. This is a very sad day.'

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