Gerard "Gerry" Ryan
(4 June 1956 – 30 April 2010)
Gerry Ryan was a veteran Irish full-time presenter of radio and part-time presenter of television employed by RTÉ. He presented The Gerry Ryan Show on radio station RTÉ 2fm each weekday morning from 1988 until his death.
After a stint in pirate radio, the often controversial and outspoken DJ joined Ireland's state broadcaster RTE in 1979.
The Gerry Ryan Show began in 1988 and quickly became one of Ireland's most popular radio programmes.
Ryan has also hosted several television series including Secrets, Ryantown, Gerry Ryan Tonight, Gerry Ryan's Hitlist, Ryan Confidential and Operation Transformation.
In 1994 Ryan co-presented the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest with former newsreader Cynthia Ni Mhurchu.
Ryan separated from his wife Morah in March 2008 after 26 years of marriage. The couple had five children together.
Ryan was found dead in his bedroom after officers were called to the scene when a friend couldn't gain access to the apartment in central Dublin.
Ryan is survived by his five children and his wife.
RIP
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