{"id":13526,"date":"2026-04-06T08:42:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=13526"},"modified":"2026-04-06T08:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:42:45","slug":"the-face-you-know-the-heart-you-will-miss-tv-legend-from-the-middle-and-friends-passes-away-after-secret-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=13526","title":{"rendered":"THE FACE YOU KNOW, THE HEART YOU WILL MISS, TV Legend From The Middle and Friends Passes Away After Secret Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The entertainment world mourns <strong>Pat Finn<\/strong>, who passed away at 60 after a private battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Best known as Bill Norwood on <strong>The Middle<\/strong>, he was a warm, familiar presence on screen. With roots in Chicago improv, he also appeared in <strong>Friends<\/strong>, <strong>Seinfeld<\/strong>, and <strong>Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/strong>, earning respect as a versatile \u201cactor\u2019s actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Off-screen, he was known for his humility, kindness, and devotion to family.<\/p>\n<p>His legacy lives on\u2014not just in his roles, but in the warmth and quiet impact he left behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The entertainment world mourns Pat Finn, who passed away at 60 after a private battle with cancer. Best known as Bill Norwood on The Middle, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=13526\" title=\"THE FACE YOU KNOW, THE HEART YOU WILL MISS, TV Legend From The Middle and Friends Passes Away After Secret Battle\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13528,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13526\/revisions\/13528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}