{"id":2365593,"date":"2026-04-09T14:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2365593"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:32:10","slug":"game-of-thrones-actor-michael-patricks-revealed-how-long-he-had-to-live-in-final-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/game-of-thrones-actor-michael-patricks-revealed-how-long-he-had-to-live-in-final-post\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Game of Thrones&#8217; actor Michael Patrick&#8217;s revealed how long he had to live in final post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cGame of Thrones\u201d actor Michael Patrick revealed he had about one year left to live \u2014 two months before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/09\/entertainment\/game-of-thrones-actor-michael-patrick-dies-at-age-35\/\">his tragic death at age 35<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy neurologist gave us the news that I likely have about 1 year left,\u201d Patrick, who was battling a neurological disorder\u00a0called Motor Neuron Disease, wrote in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUa4Mk8Akdy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his final Instagram post\u00a0<\/a>shared on Feb. 6.<\/p>\n<p>The late star told his followers at the time that his doctor \u201ccan\u2019t say for definite\u201d how much longer he had to live, noting that he still had \u201chope for the drug trial to buy some more time too.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cGame of Thrones\u201d Michael Patrick revealed he had about one year left to live two months before he died at age 35. <span class=\"credit\">michaelpatrick314\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In his final Instagram post shared in February, Patrick said his neurologist told him what his life expectancy was. <span class=\"credit\">michaelpatrick314\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Patrick also said that he didn\u2019t \u201cwant to risk a significant amount of that time being in a hospital bed\u201d and vowed that he still had \u201clots to live for and lots planned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrick\u2019s post featured a picture of the Irish actor holding his godson, Miche\u00e1l, while sitting in a wheelchair with a breathing tube in his mouth at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of his caption, Patrick said he had been diagnosed with MND in February 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The neurological disorder destroys motor neurons, which control skeletal muscle activity such as walking, breathing, speaking and swallowing, according to<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ninds.nih.gov\/health-information\/disorders\/motor-neuron-diseases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The late actor (seen above in 2025) was battling a neurological disorder called Motor Neuron Disease. <span class=\"credit\">michaelpatrick314\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In his final post, Patrick (seen in 2023) vowed that he still had \u201clots to live for and lots planned.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">michaelpatrick314\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his Feb. 6 health update, Patrick explained he had spent a week in an Irish hospital with his wife, Naomi Sheehan, by his side. During that time, they spoke to doctors about \u201cthe risks and implications\u201d of getting a tracheostomy, defined as a surgical procedure that creates an opening in the neck into the trachea to help airway access and ventilation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn short I\u2019m not going ahead with the tracheostomy,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick explained that doctors told him that if he got the procedure, it would take between six and 12 months for him to go home from the hospital because of \u201clack of staffing resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Patrick (seen above with wife Naomi Sheehan in 2023) said in February that he decided not to get a tracheostomy because it would\u2019ve taken six to 12 months before he could go home from the hospital. <span class=\"credit\">michaelpatrick314\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Patrick (seen above in a scene from \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d Season 6) noted that he was entering \u201cthe final stages of life\u201d at the time. <span class=\"credit\">HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThanks so much to everyone who helped push this \u2013 from senior social workers, to politicians, to the chief executive of the hospital,\u201d he continued. \u201cEveryone has tried so hard, but there just isn\u2019t the staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrick also thanked everyone who donated to his GoFundMe,\u00a0which was created to help with hospital bills, including the cost of the tracheostomy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though I didn\u2019t go ahead with the tracheostomy- it will still go towards providing me with specialist care as I enter the final stages of life,\u201d he shared in his post. \u201cI\u2019m still overwhelmed by all your generosity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GoFundMe has raised over \u00a3110,505\u00a0(about $129,184) as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Patrick (seen in 2023) also thanked everyone who donated to his GoFundMe, which has raised over $129,000 following his death. <span class=\"credit\">michaelpatrick314\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Patrick\u2019s wife confirmed on Wednesday that he died while in hospice in Ireland. <span class=\"credit\">michaelpatrick314\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Patrick\u2019s wife <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DW38vLsgsTS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed in an Instagram post<\/a> on Wednesday that he died \u201cpeacefully\u201d while in hospice care in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWords can\u2019t describe how broken-hearted we are,\u201d she wrote, noting that her late husband \u201clived a life as full as any human can live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sheehan also said she was \u201cso grateful for every person who supported us through the last few years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGame of Thrones\u201d actor Michael Patrick revealed he had about one year left to live \u2014 two months before his tragic death at age 35. \u201cMy neurologist gave us the news that I likely have about 1 year left,\u201d Patrick, who was battling a neurological disorder\u00a0called Motor Neuron Disease, wrote in his final Instagram post\u00a0shared 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