Career
He was also the mayor of Denain. On 5 June 2010, he joined the French metal band Mass Hysteria on stage during the Metallurgicales festival in Denain. In November 2010, Roy revealed that he was suffering from a digestive cancer.
In February 2011 he announced that he will come back to the National Assembly on March 15 and he did it, thanking the other congresswomen and congressmen for their support.
Patrick Roy died in Valenciennes on 3 May 2011 from pancreatic cancer. He was 53.