Gerry Ryan
Radio personality, TV Personality
1956 – 2010
Who was Gerry Ryan?
Gerard "Gerry" Ryan was an Irish presenter of radio and television employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. He presented The Gerry Ryan Show on radio station RTÉ 2fm each weekday morning from 1988 until hours before his sudden death. He was presented with a Jacob's Award for this show in 1990.
Ryan hosted several series of television shows, including Secrets, Gerry Ryan Tonight, Ryantown, Gerry Ryan's Hitlist, Ryan Confidential and Operation Transformation. In 1987, he earned notoriety and the moniker "Lambo" after an unpleasant incident in Connemara. He was also noted for co-presenting, with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, Eurovision Song Contest 1994 and, in 2008, presenting an edition of The Late Late Show, television's longest-running chat show, in place of the then regular host Pat Kenny. An autobiography, Would the Real Gerry Ryan Please Stand Up, was published in October 2008.
He married Morah Brennan in 1988 and they had five children: Lottie, Rex, Bonnie, Elliott and Babette. In 1997, Morah famously telephoned her husband's show and, under the name Norah, told half a million listeners intimate details concerning his personal household habits.
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- Born
- Jun 4, 1956
Clontarf, Dublin - Also known as
- Gerard "Gerry" Ryan
- Gerard Ryan
- G-Ryan
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Morah Brennan
(1982 - 2008/03) - Melanie Verwoerd
- Morah Brennan
- Children
- Nationality
- Republic of Ireland
- Profession
- Education
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Employment
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
- Lived in
- County Dublin
- Died
- Apr 30, 2010
Leeson Street
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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