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Obituaries
Gerry Ryan dies
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 5 May 2010
Irish broadcaster Gerry Ryan died on Friday, aged 53. His body was found in his Dublin flat after he failed to turn up to present his morning radio show on RTE’s 2fm, where he had been a presenter for more than two decades.
Starting out on pirate radio, Ryan joined RTE in 1979, becoming known as an outspoken and often controversial figure. In his career he had many complaints upheld by the Broadcasting Commission Of Ireland, though escaped punishment for one of his best known quotes: “Would it be considered blasphemous if someone said on air that God is a bollocks?”
2fm launched its flagship morning show, ‘The Gerry Ryan Show’, in 1988, which quickly became one of Ireland’s most popular radio programmes, airing every weekday between 9am and midday up until Ryan’s death. He also fronted a number of TV shows and hosted the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest.
He separated from his wife Morah in 2008 after 26 years of marriage and is survived by their five children.
