Gerard Ryan (4 June 1956 – 30 April 2010) was an Irish presenter of radio and television employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). He presented '' The Gerry Ryan Show'' on radio station

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each weekday morning from 1988 until hours before his sudden death. He was presented with a

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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 the first three series of '' Operation Transformation''. In 1987, he earned notoriety and the moniker "Lambo" after an unpleasant incident in

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. He was also noted for co-presenting, with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú,

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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. Gerry and Morah announced their separation in March 2008. He soon began a relationship with the former South African Ambassador to Ireland and the then

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executive director,

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. Ryan was found dead in his Dublin home on 30 April 2010.

Early life

Ryan was born in

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in 1956. He described his father, Vinnie, as a "slightly eccentric"

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from a

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background and his mother, Maureen (née Burke), as "a flamboyant woman" who came from a theatrical background and worked in the

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. His godfather was broadcaster

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. He learnt to shoot with

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's children. He had two brothers, Michael and Vincent. He was educated at St Paul's College, Raheny. Ryan's mother died on Christmas Day 2006.

Career

Early career

Early in his career, Ryan was involved part-time in

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– presenting a selection of programmes firstly for Alternative Radio Dublin (ARD) and then for Big D. When RTÉ Radio 2 (now RTÉ 2fm) was launched in 1979, Ryan joined RTÉ as a DJ where he presented a selection of speech- and music-based programmes, including ''Here Comes the Weekend'' on Friday nights and ''Saturday Scene'' on Saturday mornings, which earned him £78 per week. Ryan then moved to a night-time music show called 'Lights out' which accompanied

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's grown-up album programme and

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's ''The Rock Show'' as part of Radio 2's night-time line-up. The trio brought their shows on tour around Ireland. Ryan said they dressed as if they were in a band and behaved as such as well, booking into "awful hotels", drinking heavily and staying out late in "dodgy nightclubs". Their excessive talking has led to Ryan dubbing them "the three big-mouths on at night-time". They were good friends; Fanning was "a kind of hyperactive,

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rock guru" and Cagney was "this obsessive, meticulous Corkman who would annotate every single millisecond of what he played on-air".Ryan, Gerry. ''Would the Real Gerry Ryan Please Stand Up'' (

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In 1987, Ryan and a group of volunteers spent time in the countryside of

as part of ''

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''.Taylor, Richie (11 March 2008)
"Gerry keeps face after break-up"
''Irish Independent''. Retrieved 27 April 2009. Ryan claimed to have killed and eaten a lamb to survive, earning him the nickname "Lambo", though the story turned out to be a hoax. The incident has been adapted for the stage.

The Gerry Ryan Show

Ryan's style was considered by some to be that of a motor-mouth

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. ''The Gerry Ryan Show'' was subject to several upheld complaints to the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI), although once escaped punishment when he said ''"Would it be considered blasphemous if someone said on air that 'God is a bollocks?'"''. Ryan was noted for the enjoyment he took in discussing topics such as sex, bodily functions, and food – as well as current social and political issues. Disgraced former PR guru Max Clifford claimed, after Ryan's death, he could have, like

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and

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, had a successful broadcasting career in the UK and said he was similar to "

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at his best". ''The Gerry Ryan Show'', began in March 1988 when he was offered a three-hour morning radio slot. ''The G. Ryan Show'', running from 09:00–12:00 on weekday mornings, consisted of interviews and phone-ins via the "Ryan Line". Each morning he would begin by discussing the headlines of that morning's newspapers. Following the news update at 10:00, Ryan would introduce that morning's ''

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'', a satirical slot which featured impersonations of politicians and RTÉ media personnel comparable to rival station Today FM's ''

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''. Ryan presented RTÉ 2fm's only show which was regularly among the top twenty Irish radio shows in Ireland, a show which commanded around €4–5 million for RTÉ per annum, mainly through advertising (one thirty-second advertisement during the show cost €900). This meant RTÉ would have earned €27,000 through advertising from Ryan per day. The defining moment of the show came in 1993, when a rape victim, Lavinia Kerwick, rang ''GRS'' to air her feelings. For the first time it occurred to Ryan that the story was more important than the question. Since then ''The Ryan Show'' became something of a national institution as the oldest show still running on 2fm. Despite repeated reshuffles which have seen all other presenters shifted around, RTÉ have never moved ''The Ryan Show'' from its traditional slot. In 1997, Ryan's wife Morah, from whom he later separated, telephoned her husband's show and, under the name Norah, told half a million listeners that her husband dumps his underpants on the floor before hopping into bed every night, doesn't put his clothes on hangers, had not cleaned the dog's mess from the back yard for weeks and never puts the rubbish out for the dustbin men. When she was done she asked her husband: "You would do that now, wouldn't you Gerry?" The interview was nearing its finish when he realised what was happening after hearing his crew laughing in the Montrose control room. An embarrassed Ryan informed his listeners: "This is my wife talking". In 2004, Ryan caused uproar when he cancelled an interview with the

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of the time,

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at very short notice. British broadcaster Chris Evans credited ''The Gerry Ryan Show'' with inspiring him to return to radio broadcasting after a long absence while on a holiday in

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. In October 1990, Ryan received a

for ''The Gerry Ryan Show'', described at the award ceremony as "unbelievably bizarre and unprecedented – and at the same time being serious, hilarious and unpredictable".

Television career

Ryan hosted several series of television shows during his career. '' Secrets'' was a popular Saturday night show which was not well received by critics. Producer Kevin Linehan, was removed from the show to work on the Millstreet Eurovision and asked Ryan to co-present the event with

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. They later met and Linehan informed Ryan that RTÉ had objected to his proposal. He did, however, co-present the

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alongside Cynthia Ní Mhurchú where he had the honour of introducing

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as the interval act. He had watched

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and Jean Butler put the act together, choreographing it and rehearsing it "fifty or sixty times" and later wrote of being offered the opportunity to invest a stake of £20,000 in the act. Ryan turned it down, a decision he later admitted regretting. Ní Mhurchú later credited Ryan with telling her to not take herself too seriously. After Pat Kenny decided to stop commentating on the Contest in 1999, Ryan was the favourite to succeed him as Irish Commentator. Although the position was fulfilled by his friend

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. He described '' Ryantown'' as "the worst television experience I've ever had in my entire life", with producer Julie Parsons (who had previously worked on ''The Gay Byrne Hour'') nearly having a nervous breakdown, according to Ryan. He described RTÉ as "extremely unhelpful".

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following his departure from '' The Late Late Show''. Reports that Ryan was to be made producer as well as presenter and given a deal worth £500,000 – higher earnings than Byrne received – proved unfounded when Pat Kenny took over the role in 1999. Later television work included ''Gerry Ryan's Hitlist'', '' Ryan Confidential'', and '' Operation Transformation''. Ryan wrote in his 2008 autobiography that his critics were not as vocal any more, although he put this down to them "mostly... ignoring me". He is also noted for presenting '' The Late Late Show'' on 24 October 2008 when regular presenter Pat Kenny became bereaved. In positive notices unusual as per his television career, Ryan received praise for his guest role, even coping well with the traditionally difficult comedian
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whose appearances on the show with Kenny led to complaints. The edition of ''The Late Late Show'' that he hosted had the largest audience of any that season apart from the annual edition of '' The Late Late Toy Show''. The ''
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'' reported that when '' Tonight with Craig Doyle'' finished, Ryan was set to present a chat show in autumn 2010.

Autobiography
In the early part of 2008, Ryan announced that he had been contracted by Penguin to write his autobiography. The €100,000 advance paid by Penguin to Ryan was reported to be the largest ever paid for a book published in Ireland. ''Would the Real Gerry Ryan Please Stand Up'' was released to Irish readers on 16 October 2008. In January 2009, it was reported that the book had sold just over 10,000 copies.

Earnings
Ryan earned €487,492 from RTÉ in 2004, making him the second highest paid presenter to colleague Pat Kenny. He earned €462,442 in 2003, and €601,882 in 2002. RTÉ offered Ryan a new five-year contract worth €600,000 a year in July 2007. Ryan said that just before this he came very close to signing a deal with
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to present a daytime programme on
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which was about to go national. He was offered several millions more than RTÉ were offering him. Ryan considered the deal, thinking of how one of his best friends Willie O'Reilly was head of sister station
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and was heavily involved with the other stations. However negotiations fell apart as Ryan cautioned on how delicate the situation was, with RTÉ looking at his contract and deciding if he was of value to them any more. O'Brien allegedly disappeared and Ryan was told he was out of coverage. The irony was not lost on him – "pretty incredible for a guy who owns most of the world's mobile telephones". O'Brien did eventually return but Ryan had already signed the RTÉ contract. In February 2009, Ryan refused to take a 10% pay cut from RTÉ, even as several other employees in RTÉ took such pay cuts, and declared it "bullshit". On 10 March 2009 he gave a lengthy speech on his radio show, at the end of which he declared he would agree to break his existing contract with RTÉ, and take a pay cut. He was not technically a member of RTÉ staff but was paid through a separate company, enabling Ryan and RTÉ to avoid paying as much tax on his salary.

Personal life

Family
Ryan was married for 26 years to his wife Morah, with whom he had five children, including Lottie. When he worked for the pirate radio station Big D, Morah helped him with his programme. She helped her future husband put the music together and carry the equipment. He paid her £3 out of the £15 he earned.Ryan, Gerry. ''Would the Real Gerry Ryan Please Stand Up'' (
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. Ryan obtained a mortgage by lying about his salary and bought a little house in Marino. In March 2008, Ryan announced he and Morah were separating and called the separation "a very painful experience". Later in 2008, he began a relationship with the former South African Ambassador to Ireland, and later
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executive director,
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. In 2011, Verwoerd said she was "deeply shocked" to have been sacked from the charity because of the publicity surrounding her relationship with the broadcaster.

Health
Ryan spent several days on a drip in hospital in 2006 due to dehydration after contracting the winter vomiting bug. He also underwent a much-publicised
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which resulted in an infected wound.Ryan, Gerry. ''Would the Real Gerry Ryan Please Stand Up'' (
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Death
Shortly after midday on 30 April 2010, Ryan was found dead in the bedroom of his home on
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, Dublin. Among the dignitaries to send tributes were Bono, the Clintons,
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and President
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. The day being Friday, that night's edition of '' The Late Late Show'' was promptly given over to discussion of Ryan's life and death. 10,000 people from across the country queued to sign books of condolence. His funeral took place on 6 May, and was broadcast on 2fm, the home of Ryan's radio show and a first for the predominantly youthpop-oriented station. His death also came sixteen years to the day after he hosted Eurovision 1994. An inquest showed that the cause of death was cardiac arrhythmia and that traces of cocaine found in Ryan's system were the "likely trigger" of Ryan's death. A considerable public controversy erupted when Ryan's long-term use of cocaine came to light. RTÉ eventually admitted to having given insufficient coverage of Ryan's cocaine habit in the aftermath of the inquest.

See also
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References

External links
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''The Irish Times''
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Gerry Ryan tribute page
at
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