Gay Byrne: The Greatt Showman

Contents:

• GAY BYRNE, TV STAR WHO 'CHALLENGED IRISH SOCIETY', DI AGED 85
• DETAILS OF GAY BYRNE'S WILL HE MA JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH REVEALED
• GAY BYRNE, WHO TACKLED TABOOS AS IRELAND’S TV HOST, DI AT 85
• GAY BYRNE: ‘I AM NO DIFFERENT TO HUNDREDS OF THOANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LOST MONEY’
• GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR
• GAY BYRNE: THE GREATT SHOWMAN
• GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW
• GAY BYRNE(1934-2019)
• GAY BYRNE, VETERAN IRISH BROADSTER, AD AT 85
• GAY BYRNE

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

It was said there was no sex Ireland until the The Late Late Show, and for that a natn owed thanks to Gay Byrne. Generatns grew up watchg the host of RTÉ’s long-nng chatshow blend light entertament wh current affairs and taboo-shatterg moments, a cultural renzvo that domated Friday night viewg and praged a new Gay Byrne era officially end on Monday when he died at home Dubl, surround by fay, aged 85. ”Ireland had braced for the ath of Uncle Gaybo, as many lled him, sce he revealed he had prostate ncer hosted The Late Late Show om 1962 to 1999, one of the world’s longt chatshow ns, as well as a rad show and other gigs such as the Rose of Byrne 1962.

“Gay brought two unique gifts.

Most importantly Gay was a listener. The natn was mourng when was nfirmed that Gay Byrne had passed away after his lengthy battle wh ncer. Gay Byrne wh wife Kathleen Watks and dghters Suzy & Crona Byrne.

DETAILS OF GAY BYRNE'S WILL HE MA JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH REVEALED

It as RTÉ aired a special, Gay Byrne's Late Late Memori, which took a look back at Gay's bt moments hostg The Late Late Show. Viewers praised the special and lled Gay 'one of a kd'.

GAY BYRNE, WHO TACKLED TABOOS AS IRELAND’S TV HOST, DI AT 85

” Cogill/Associated PrsDUBLIN — Gay Byrne, a revered Irish rad and televisn personaly who broke s of silence over sexualy, abe and hypocrisy Ireland’s eply nservative Roman Catholic society, died on Monday at his home Dubl. Byrne produced many fg moments of Irish public life — live the 1985, for example, when homosexualy was still illegal and the Catholic clergy sacrosanct, he fied prayer-chantg protters by vg two Amerin lbian ex-nuns onto the show.

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

Growg up the hardscrabble Rialto district of Dubl, Gay was the only child his fay to be sent to sendary school, the nearby Christian Brothers school on Synge Street. ” A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn B, Page 12 of the New York edn wh the headle: Gay Byrne, Top TV Host Who Cononted Taboos In Ireland, Is Dead at 85.

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. 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.

GAY BYRNE: HIS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON AIR

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 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.

GAY BYRNE: THE GREATT SHOWMAN

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.

GAY BYRNE'S FT MOMENTS ON THE LATE LATE SHOW

Gay Byrne shar a joke wh Basil Bsh on the The Late Late Show 1983.

You'd have to be headg towards 70 to be old enough to remember a time before Gay Byrne.

GAY BYRNE(1934-2019)

It would be fair to say that when Gay Byrne began hostg The Late Late Show, Ireland wasn't jt black and whe terms of s televisn verage. Gay Byrne on the set of The Late Late Show 1999. Gay Byrne wasn't que the social csar some have labelled him, but he knew a good story when he heard , and wasn't aaid to ph thgs a ltle.

GAY BYRNE, VETERAN IRISH BROADSTER, AD AT 85

Gay Byrne on the set of The Late Late Show 1966. Gaybo knew that some people need to be prodd and provoked, while others would open up after a few words of fort or a pliment. When Annie Murphy, at the centre of a sndal when she ma public that she'd given birth to a son whose father was Eamon Casey, the then Bishop of Galway, appeared on the show, Gay seemed to si wh Casey, who had clearly taken advantage of a vulnerable young woman.

Gay Byrne durg a Late Late Show bate 1978. Equally as fluential, what you got here was a more hardre versn of Gaybo: everythg was turned up a notch. Gay Byrne wh Gerry Ryan and Ryan Tubridy durg a photo shoot for the RTÉ Gui 2004.

There's no nyg that Gay Byrne gave a huge amount of himself to his public.

GAY BYRNE

Up until his retirement, Gay Byrne had his own table the nteen.

Gay Byrne on the set of The Late Late Toy Show 1998.

That was a different Gay Byrne, you see. All you were ever gog to get was Uncle Gaybo, the showman. He kept the real Gay Byrne to himself.