Gay Byrne: His top 10 most memorable moments on air |

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Followg his ath aged 85, we have round up some of Gay Byrne's ft moments on The Late Late Show om over the years.

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GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW

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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.

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. * youtube gay byrne late late show *

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.

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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. 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. As a young man of 29, producg The Late Late Show wh Gay Byrne was one of those for me. Public service televisn to Gay was televisn that would serve all the Monday, he and I would pore over the ratgs.

Gay sat and typed a letter to the head of Channel 4, Michael Gra, askg him to rchle se might damage our numbers, such was his passn for ratgs. On Fridays before the show, Gay had a route. Gay would then go for a nap one of the drsg rooms down by the stud.

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The Gay who went to the room was a gmpy, bad-tempered worried fellow, the Gay that me out 45 mut later was the epome of lm, rolve and steely prence. I ed to thk that Gay had left his body so that he uld effectively be a vsel or a channel for the next few hours.

And Gay did thatHe regard the talk show as an art form where each of the elements, om the wele to the goodnight, were like pearls on a necklace. They all knew about Gay – this legend who sisted on gog live for two hours every week, whout tocue or earpiece and get dience shar of 75 per cent regularly. And Gay did that.

Photograph: David Sleator Gay left The Late Late Show stage 1999. Although we no longer had our Friday nights, Gay ntued to be my loyal and loveable iend. We had many walks, lunch and dners sce, where we gossiped, griped and talked boats, relign and whatever else was the flavour of the everythg Gay Byrne gave me, and so many others, his iendship was his most valuable gift.

GAY BYRNE'S MOST MEMORABLE LATE LATE SHOW MOMENTS

Sce 1999, every Christmas whout fail, Gay, his wife Kathleen and their dghters Crona and Sie would host the annual long, languid, love-filled lunch where about 20 of his broadstg lleagu would meet to nnect, remember and re-live. ChairgateSiubhan Maloney and Gay on the Late Late wh the chair that would end up at the centre of a urt seThe Sunday World was at the centre of one of the most memorable moments the Late Late's history. Gay's terview wh Annie MurphyGay Byrne terviews Annie MurphyOne of Gay's most memorable terviews was wh Annie Murphy - and not always for the right reasons.

Followg a sometim terse terview, Gay wrapped by sayg: "If your son is half as good a man as his father, he won't be dog too badly. Bishop and the NightieIt seems amg now, but way back 1966 Ireland was a very different place, and a lighthearted quiz end up sndalisg the natn and beg nmned om the started as a fun em where Gay picked a married uple om the dience and asked them qutns about each other out of earshot.

Marian Fune the host's chairMarian Fune tak to the host’s chairMarian Fune and Gay ma women across the untry cheer when she appeared on the Late Late an em on women the media, the two discsed a report given to the RTE Authory which said she would never get to host the show. Gay stood up and gave her his seat, promptg gut Nell McCafferty to dramatilly clare: "At last, ee at last, thank God we're ee at last. Gay shows Ireland how to e a ndomGay shows Ireland how to e a ndomIn 1987, durg an em on the AIDs crisis and durg a lively bate wh panellists and the dience about the safe e of ndoms, Gay showed one to the natn.

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