Gay Byrne, TV star who 'challenged Irish society', di aged 85 | Ireland | The Guardian

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• GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR
• RTE'S MIKE MURPHY TELLS OF 'TOUGH TIME' SEEG BT IEND GAY BYRNE SUFFER HIS LAST YEARSEXCLIVE: 'HE WAS FANTASTIC THE WAY HE BORE , HE DIDN’T PLA'IRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSSHOWBIZBYSBHAN O'CONNOR07:00, 30 AUG 2020BOOKMARKGAY BYRNE AND MIKE MURPHYWANT ALL THE LATT SHOWBIZ NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR NEWS, GOSSIP AND MOREMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT ALL THE LATT SHOWBIZ NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR NEWS, GOSSIP AND MOREINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• MIKE MURPHY RELLS 'VERY TOUGH TIME' CLOSE PAL GAY BYRNE WENT THROUGH BEFORE HE DIEDTHE LEGENDARY TV STARS HOLIDAYED TOGETHER FOR 17 YEARSDUBLLIVEBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYSBHAN O'CONNOR08:00, 30 AUG 2020BOOKMARKGAY BYRNE WH MIKE MURPHY (IMAGE: COL KEEGAN/COLLS)NEVER MISS A BEAT OM DUBL AND BEYOND BY SIGNG UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 NEVER MISS A BEAT OM DUBL AND BEYOND BY SIGNG UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• GAY BYRNE: ‘I AM NO DIFFERENT TO HUNDREDS OF THOANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LOST MONEY’
• GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW
• STEPHEN FRY AND GAY BYRNEIRISH TV TERVIEW TRANSCRIPTN & MENTS
• GAY BYRNE OBUARY
• GAY BYRNE, TV STAR WHO 'CHALLENGED IRISH SOCIETY', DI AGED 85

GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR

In a televisn and rad reer spanng almost 60 years, Gay Byrne had plenty of memorable moments to choose om - we've whtled them down to 10 no particular orr. When Gaybo asked Richard what lour nightie his wife wore on honeymoon, Richard said was transparent, while his new wife said she uldn’t remember; perhaps she’d not worn any at all. In the weeks after her ath, hundreds of Irish women wrote to Gay Byrne outlg the vastatg impact of their own secret pregnanci, some of which were a rult of sexual abe, ct or rape.

RTE'S MIKE MURPHY TELLS OF 'TOUGH TIME' SEEG BT IEND GAY BYRNE SUFFER HIS LAST YEARSEXCLIVE: 'HE WAS FANTASTIC THE WAY HE BORE , HE DIDN’T PLA'IRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSSHOWBIZBYSBHAN O'CONNOR07:00, 30 AUG 2020BOOKMARKGAY BYRNE AND MIKE MURPHYWANT ALL THE LATT SHOWBIZ NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR NEWS, GOSSIP AND MOREMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT ALL THE LATT SHOWBIZ NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR NEWS, GOSSIP AND MOREINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Gay broadst the letters to a stunned natn on his morng rad show on Rad One, markg the start of a new nversatn about teenage pregnancy which ultimately helped dispel the stigma and shame3.

When she told Gay Byrne who her Sweetie really was, the natn was agog and Hghey went to hidg om the media as a rult. Hghey never spoke to Terry Keane Keane talks to Gay Byrne on The Late Late ronan lang8. Gaybo told Casey’s former lover: ‘If your son is half as good a man as is his father, he won’t be dog too bad.

MIKE MURPHY RELLS 'VERY TOUGH TIME' CLOSE PAL GAY BYRNE WENT THROUGH BEFORE HE DIEDTHE LEGENDARY TV STARS HOLIDAYED TOGETHER FOR 17 YEARSDUBLLIVEBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYSBHAN O'CONNOR08:00, 30 AUG 2020BOOKMARKGAY BYRNE WH MIKE MURPHY (IMAGE: COL KEEGAN/COLLS)NEVER MISS A BEAT OM DUBL AND BEYOND BY SIGNG UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 NEVER MISS A BEAT OM DUBL AND BEYOND BY SIGNG UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Stephen FryLong after his years on the Late Late Show, Gay Byrne uld still draw lns of viewers.

While beg terviewed on The Meang of Life, Gay asked Fry what he would say to God if he had a chance.

Veteran RTE star Mike Murphy has told how was tough seeg his bt iend Gay Byrne suffer his last years, but right up until the end they ma unfettable memori together. Legendary Gaybo died November 2019, aged 85, followg a gellg battle wh prostate ncer. Mike, 78, told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “Gay and I were very close iends, for the last number of years right up until three years before he died, for 17 years we holidayed together as upl.

GAY BYRNE: ‘I AM NO DIFFERENT TO HUNDREDS OF THOANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LOST MONEY’

Mike’s prank on Gay went down history as one of the funnit on “The Live Mic seri”. Actg as an overenthiastic Frenchman, Murphy terpts and torments Gay as he films a piece to mera at Try College.

GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW

The hilar episo aired January 1982 and s later Mike and Gay were still hearg about .

STEPHEN FRY AND GAY BYRNEIRISH TV TERVIEW TRANSCRIPTN & MENTS

“As we were leavg, Gay said, I’m a b tired hearg about that, I scerely hope that’s not all I’m gog to be remembered for. Veteran RTE star Mike Murphy has told how was tough seeg bt iend Gay Byrne suffer his last years, but right up until the end they ma unfettable memori. Mike, 78, told Dubl Live: “Gay and I were very close iends, for the last number of years right up until three years before he died, for 17 years we holidayed together as upl.

” Mike’s prank on Gay went down history as one of the funnit on The Live Mic seri. Gay Byrne may have sat at or near the top of the TV ratgs for most of his half-century broadstg but his fancial health was far ls nsistent. stephen y terview gay byrne Youtube clip transcriptn.

GAY BYRNE OBUARY

The followg is a transcriptn of a notably ntroversial passage of dialogue om Gay Byrne's terview on Irish TV, specifilly om an episo of.

GAY BYRNE, TV STAR WHO 'CHALLENGED IRISH SOCIETY', DI AGED 85

Gay Byrne:... This particular segment of Gay Byrne's TV terview wh Stephen Fry as part of Irish televisn's "The Meang of Life" seri proved to be most ntroversial and attracted.