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Irish actor Pat Laffan who is best known for playing the role of Georgie Burgess in The Snapper and Pat Mustard in Father Ted, has died.

Father Ted creator, Graham Linehan confirmed the news on Twitter and paid tribute to the late actor.

He said: "Just heard the sad news that Pat Laffan who played Pat Mustard in Father Ted has died," Linehan shared on Twitter.

"Rest in peace, Pat, a pleasure to work with you."

Pat Laffan has given us some great moments down through the years.

His character in Father Ted, Pat Mustard featured in the iconic 'Speed 3' episode.

In the episode, Ted believes that Pat Mustard is the reason behind the recent surge of 'hairy babies' being born on the island.

Both Ted and Dougal then decide to follow the milkman on his route but more than the milk turns sour when Dougal takes over Mustard's job and his faced with a bomb on the float.

In The Snapper, his character Georgie Burgess was left in quite the predicament after getting "Sharon Curley up the pole."

Most recently, Pat featured in Ripper Street and also appeared in Steve Spielberg's War Horse.

He also played a leading role in Fastnet Films The Runway.

Pat was a member of the Abbey Theatre Company in the 60s and 70s performing in many plays from the Abbey repertoire.

For most of the 70s, Pat was Director of the Peacock Theatre and directed in the Gate Theatre as well.

He also starred in Sky One's Moone Boy featuring Chris O'Dowd.