The late actor’s family recently revealed that he’d been battling cancer for three years.

Pat Finn, The Middle and Friends star, dies at 60 after cancer battle

The late actor's family recently revealed that he'd been battling cancer for three years.

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Comedian and actor Pat Finn, best known for his roles on sitcoms like *The Middle, Friends, *and *Murphy Brown*, has died. He was 60.

Finn died Monday night, a representative for the late star confirmed to * *on Wednesday. "He was the kindest, most joyful person in any room, and was surrounded by his incredibly close and loving family and friends," they said, referring to the actor's wife, Donna, and their children, Cassidy, Caitlin, and Ryan.

A month before the actor's death, his loved ones launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for his family amid his ongoing treatment for bladder cancer, which Finn had been battling "on and off for the better part of three years," the fundraiser stated.

Pat Finn in 2017.

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"Pat, Donna, Cassidy, Caitlin, and Ryan have demonstrated enormous strength every day, supporting each other as Pat's fight has become more complicated, challenging, and physically difficult," the fundraiser's description continued. "As friends, we all continue to offer our help, and it's now time to expand that support into fundraising."

As of publication, Finn's community of supporters has raised more than $118,000 to go towards the "significant financial burdens" of his surviving family.

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Finn's daughter Cassidy remembered him as a "role model" and "inspiration" in a tribute shared to her Instagram page on Tuesday. "The least shocking thing was hearing the nurses say they have never seen so many people show up at a hospital for someone. That was my dad," she wrote in the caption of a gallery of childhood photos featuring her and her father. "My life is forever changed because of him. He taught me to be funny, positive, humble, to listen, to always try my best, to love, and to surround myself with the best people."

"But most importantly — you taught me kindness," Cassidy added. "I've never met a single person who had a bad thing to say about my dad. I feel like the luckiest person in the world that I got to call you my dad.

Finn was born July 31, 1965, in Evanston, Ill., and grew up in Wilmette, where he graduated in 1983 from Loyola Academy. In 1987, he earned a degree from Marquette University, where he met both his wife and his best friend, fellow comedian Chris Farley.

After college, he moved to Chicago to pursue a comedy career, joining Second City Chicago. He also worked with Improv Olympic Chicago, where he performed alongside Farley, and was part of the Beer Shark Mice troupe, which also included *The Middle* star Neil Flynn and *Anchorman *actor David Koechner.

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Finn got his big break when he was cast as Dan Coleman on the short-lived 1995 CBS sitcom *The George Wendt Show*, which was based on the legendary NPR program *Car Talk*. He then joined the hit show *Murphy Brown*, playing Phil Jr., the son of the original bar owner (portrayed by Pat Corley), across two seasons.

He became a true household name after landing a role on ABC's *The Middle*, where he played Bill Norwood, one of the Hecks' neighbors and close friends, from 2011 to 2018. Finn also appeared in episodes of hit shows like *Friends*, *Seinfeld*, *The Goldbergs, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ed, 2 Broke Girls, The Bernie Mac Show, The Drew Carey Show*, and* 3rd Rock From the Sun.*

Pat Finn in 2022.

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His big-screen credits included films like *Dude, Where's My Car?*; *I Love You, Beth Cooper*; and the Nancy Meyers film *It’s Complicated*, also starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, and Alec Baldwin. He would also appear in the 2015 documentary *I Am Chris Farley*, which followed the late comedian and *SNL *star’s journey through the lens of his family and friends.

In addition to his career on screen, Finn was an adjunct professor, using his acting and comedy chops to teach improv for strategic communications at University of Colorado, where his daughters went to college, and Marquette, where his son went.**

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