Mrs Brown's Boys star Dermot O'Neill's late wife, Chickie, planned her own funeral. Patricia 'Chickie' Maguire died just seven days ago, aged 60. The wife of actor Dermot, who plays Grandad in the BBC sitcom, was diagnosed with cancer in January this year. She had visited a hospital in Spain to have a hernia removed, when doctors discovered the tumour and were unable to operate. But as Patricia's health deteriorated, she ensured that her funeral was exactly what she wanted, so she planned it