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Contents:

• GAY BYRNE
• GAY BYRNE, TV STAR WHO 'CHALLENGED IRISH SOCIETY', DI AGED 85
• GAY BYRNE OBUARY: THE LEADG IRISH BROADSTER OF HIS ERA
• GAY BYRNE(1934-2019)
• GAY BYRNE OBUARY
• THE WOMEN BEHD GAY BYRNE’S SUCCS: WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY DID
• CATEGORY:GAY BYRNE
• GAY BYRNE, VETERAN IRISH BROADSTER, AD AT 85
• GAY BYRNE OBUARY: THE MATRO OF IRISH BROADSTG
• GAY BYRNE NET WORTH, AGE, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, WIFE, WIKI-B, FAY 2023
• GAY BYRNE AGE, NET WORTH, HEIGHT, WIKI, FAY

GAY BYRNE

Summarize this article for a 10 years oldSHOW ALL QUESTIONSGabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne (5 Augt 1934 – 4 November 2019) was an Irish prenter and host of rad and televisn.

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

From 1973 until 1998, Byrne prented The Gay Byrne Hour – later The Gay Byrne Show when expand to two hours – on RTÉ Rad 1 each weekday morng. After retirg om his long-nng rad and televisn shows, Byrne prented several other programm, cludg Who Wants to Be a Millnaire?, The Meang of Life and For One Night Only on RTÉ One and Sunday Serena/Sunday wh Gay Byrne on RTÉ lyric fm. 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 BYRNE OBUARY: THE LEADG IRISH BROADSTER OF HIS ERA

Image source, Getty ImagGay Byrne, or Gaybo, as he was almost universally known, was the leadg Irish broadster of his anchor of the Late Late Show, he steered the dience through the highs and lows of Irish Ballybunn to Buncrana, he was a faiar and ntroversial face on Irish screens every Friday night, pridg over the shiftg moods of the Republic of Ireland. Image source, Inpennt News and Media/getty imagImage ptn, Gay Byrne his famo terview wh Gerry AdamsIn the 1960s, Byrne, famo for his tchphrase "and there's one for everyone the dience", was the talk of the well as givg out ee gifts to the dience, the programme and s host were creded wh fluencg Irish attus towards many show provid a platform for an unmarried mother to expla her posn at a time when to be such a suatn was still eply owned an terviewer, Byrne was very much his own man, he did not thk twice about sldg one gut who appeared unr the fluence while on another ocsn, he refed to shake the hand of former Sn Fé print Gerry Adams. Unnists were outraged and, shortly afterwards, the secretary of state Late moments:•Amerin woman Annie Murphy: the mother of Bishop Eamonn Casey's son, tells her story•NI Secretary Peter Brooke sgs O My Darlg Clemente wh hours of an IRA bomb •The Gerry Adams/Gay Byrne terview•Irish journalist Terry Keane tells of her affair wh former Taoiseach (Prime Mister) Charlie HgheyIt was not jt policians who had their feathers ffled by Byrne, but prits too.

GAY BYRNE(1934-2019)

Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Late Late Show hosts Pat Kenny, Gay Byrne and Ryan Tubridy celebratg 50 years of the show 2012Bishop of Clonfert, Dr Thomas Ryan, protted vigoroly at the ntent of the Late Late ed natnal outrage and led some to clare the show was "filthy dirty" and "smut" 1993, his terview wh Amerin woman, Annie Murphy, who had a child wh Bishop of Galway Eamonn Casey, end very remarked that Eamonn Casey's son would be fe, if he was "half the man his father" rponse, Ms Murphy icily retorted: "I'm not so bad eher, " before she got up and walked off was not jt Ms Murphy who had been later, her son said he had wanted to "ck" Byrne for the way he had treated his source, RTÉImage ptn, In more recent years Gaybo had a much lower profileAnother notable affair of the heart to be shared wh the Irish public was an terview wh journalist Terry Keane spoke to Byrne about her long-standg relatnship wh former Taoiseach (Irish prime mister) Charl Hghey. Image source, Inpennt News and Media/getty imagImage ptn, On his last Late Late Show Larry Mullen and Bono om U2 gave Gay a Harley DavidsonAfter biddg his fal "goodnight" to viewers May 1999 after 37 years on the show, Byrne said he planned to "do nothg" for six months.

His employers, RTÉ, said after his parture that the door would "always be open for a return for Gaybo" more recent years he has had a much lower profile, but still prented rad and televisn programm and was the chairman of Ireland's Road Safety Authory. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Gay and his wife Kathleen Watks pictured 2015He briefly flirted wh the ia of nng for the Irish princy before cidg agast .

Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne (5 Augt 1934 – 4 November 2019), affectnately known as Uncle Gay, Gaybo or Uncle Gaybo, [1] was a veteran Irish prenter of rad and televisn for several s. Gay ByrneByrne 2007BornGabriel Mary Byrne5 Augt 1934[1]Rialto, Dubl, IrelandDied4 November 2019 (aged 85)Sandymount, Dubl, IrelandNatnalyIrishOther namUncle Gay, Gaybo, Uncle Gaybo[1]EdutnRialto Natnal School, Synge Street CBS, Honorary doctorate lerature om Try College, Dubl (1988)[1]OccupatnBroadsterYears active1958–prentEmployerRaidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)Notable workThe Late Late Show, The Late Late Toy Show, The Gay Byrne Show, Rose of Tralee, People Need Telethon, Who Wants to Be a Millnaire?, The Meang of Life, For One Night OnlyBoard member ofChairman of the Road Safety Authory (2006–2014)Spoe(s)Kathleen Watks (1964–2019; his ath)ChildrenSuzy, Crona[1]. From 1973 until 1998, Byrne prented The Gay Byrne Hour—later The Gay Byrne Show when expand to two hours—on RTÉ Rad 1 each weekday morng.

GAY BYRNE OBUARY

Sce retirg om his long-nng rad and televisn shows, Byrne has prented several other programm, cludg Who Wants to Be a Millnaire?, The Meang of Life and For One Night Only on RTÉ One and Sunday Serena/Sunday wh Gay Byrne on RTÉ lyric fm.

” (If her hband, Gay Byrne – terviewed on page 7 – is readg this, they are the only heart-shaped diamond earrgs the wdow, and they st €3, 800. To mark his retirement as host of the long-nng chat show The Late Late Show (1962) on 21 May 1999, Gay Byrne was prented wh a brand new Harley Davidson motorcycle by the Irish rock group U2 live on natnal televisn.

THE WOMEN BEHD GAY BYRNE’S SUCCS: WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY DID

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Any further e of this image mt be re-negotiated separately wh RTÉ Mra ConnollyGay Byrne’s special assistant and programme executive 1968-1999Mra Connolly worked wh Gay Byrne for more than 30 years, a role enpassg rearcher, artist liaison, stage manager, dience warm-up, troublhooter.

Money rolled towards the surgery (cludg quiz entrants sendg a £1 each; “we lled him the ln dollar kid”, and the remag money started the Gay Byrne Show Fund).

CATEGORY:GAY BYRNE

Photograph: RTÉ Stills Library Colette FarmerProductn assistant, later director, of the Late Late Show, between 1964 and 1999Gay Byrne’s regular ll-out on the Late Late, “Roll there Colette”, beme a tchphrase and passed to Irish idm. Colette was Colette Farmer, productn assistant, and an visible prence, through Gaybo’s reference, on the show for many years. In 1991, Farmer beme a TV director, workg on shows om Cursai to Simply Delic, and directed the Late Late Show om 1992 to 1999, cludg Byrne’s last Late “Roll there Colette”, beme “Roll there Rois”, when Rois Hark was image of Gay Byrne projected on to Cy Hall Dubl, as part of the St Patricks day Ftival 2007.

GAY BYRNE, VETERAN IRISH BROADSTER, AD AT 85

”She rells briefg Byrne before he terviewed Graham Norton, explag he was the new boy, that the big al growg up Bandon was not that he was gay but that he was prottant; mentng that he was nervo. Gay Byrne Show rearcher 1990-1994; producer of Byrne's s Sunday Jazz programme on Lyric FM 2013-2016Ehne Hand, who worked briefly on the Late Late Show, on Byrne’s rad show and on his Lyric show, don’t thk he had any particular affy for women’s issu but “he wanted as many people as possible to listen to that show. It was the producers and the rearchers who cid what was on the programme each morng” says: “Gay told me very recently that he learned almost all he ever knew about women’s rights and femism om June Leve, ” when she was a Late Late rearcher.

GAY BYRNE OBUARY: THE MATRO OF IRISH BROADSTG

We weren’t tryg to be a woman’s programme but Gay had a voice and a style that appealed, the listeners loved him, wanted to tell him all sorts of thgs, and they were mostly women. Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne (Augt 5, 1934 – November 4, 2019) was the host of the Irish versn of the show, Who Wants to Be a Millnaire?

Jump to searchGay Byrne Irish televisn and rad prenter (1934-2019)بيرن سنة 2007Upload media WikipediaName native languageGay ByrneDate of birth5 Augt 1934Rialto, DublDate of ath4 November 2019HowthCse of athprostate ncerWork perd (start)1958Country of cizenshipRepublic of IrelandRinceSandymountEduted atSynge Street CBSOccupatnprenterField of workprenterSpoeKathleen Watks (1964–2019)Award receivedIFTA Lifetime Achievement AwardAuthory file Q3778922 ISNI: 0000 0000 2915 3343 VIAF ID: 50802368 GND ID: 1242731849 Library of Congrs thory ID: n88625071Natnale Ths voor Autrsnamen ID: 084279532Europeana enty: agent/base/148081ReasonatorScholiaPetSnstatisticsWikiMapLotor toolKML fileSearch picted.

In a statement to RTÉ, his fay said: “It is wh sadns that Kathleen, Crona and Suzy wish to announce that their beloved Gay has died peacefully at home today, surround by his fay. Earng the nickname “Uncle Gaybo, ” he beme a faiar voice on the rad 1973 on RTÉ Rad 1’s “The Gay Byrne Show” before steppg back om both programs 1999.

GAY BYRNE NET WORTH, AGE, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, WIFE, WIKI-B, FAY 2023

“Gay Byrne was the most fluential broadster the history of the State, a much-loved figure who changed Ireland for the better so many ways, ” Irish Prime Mister Leo Varadkar said on Twter, also praisg “the effectivens of his mpaign agast the needls tragedy of road aths.

“On rad and on televisn over so many s ‘Uncle Gaybo’ provid a voice for all those who had been silenced or were aaid to speak up, and helped nont thgs that need to be changed, ” Varadkar said.

Higgs add: “A man of great charisma, Gay Byrne was someone who exud warmth and prence, who was posssed of effortls w, charm and who had a flair for broadstg. Stills: The Irish Tim/ As creded Gay Byrne Born: Augt 5th, 1934 Died: November 4th, 2019Gay Byrne, who has died at the age of 85, was the undisputed leadg figure the history of Irish broadstg, and played a hugely fluential role the transformatn of attus the latter part of the 20th a reer that spanned six s, he was father figure, nfsor, quisor and entertaer, all rolled to one.

GAY BYRNE AGE, NET WORTH, HEIGHT, WIKI, FAY

Both parents were om Co Wicklow, his father om Kildry (where Gay Byrne’s grandfather was achman to the Earl of Meath) and his mother om Bray. She was termed that her children would better themselv and sent Gay to sendary regular e om Guns’s ma the fay more fortunate than many others.

Mr Moynihan was so pleased wh young Gay Byrne’s performance that he gave him a threepenny those the stud thought of the boy who, the future, would revolutnise Irish broadstg, remas unknown. She had promised to go to Mass and Communn every day if her hband me back safely om the first World War – they had married Belfast 1917 – which he daily Mass-gog eventually chafed wh the young Gay Byrne and at the age of 14 or 15 he had a ser row wh his mother durg which he said some extremely solent thgs to her.

By the time the uple fally married Saggart Parish Church 1964, their weddg was a celebry event, wh a crowd of more than a thoand gatherg the Dubl village to tch a glimpse of the newlyweds, who need a Garda rt to get to their a broadster, Gay Byrne, or Gaybo, as he me to be known, saw his populary as fickle and as somethg that uld disappear at the whim of the dience. The girls who flocked to the ballrooms uld, if they beme pregnant, fd themselv shut to a mother and baby home for up to two years, spendg their time scbbg floors and workg the kchens, their nam changed, their right to munite wh the outsi world cut off, their babi taken om them to be sent to Ameri on a few hours’ Gay Byrne – who was very well aware of the existence of that other Ireland – chipped away and away at , lethally on The Late Late Show, brgg on, for stance, guts who champned the right of unmarried mothers and their babi to be treated cently by the the old Ireland stepped – and had plenty of reprentativ RTÉ, polics and the civil service – to sist that The Late Late Show stick to “safe” entertament, the story of Gay Byrne would probably be of ltle tert to today. Neverthels, his survival was a remarkable achievement for the boy who got a ser beatg over givg cheek to his mother bee he didn’t want to go to great ntradictn of Gay Byrne, of urse, was that so many of his views he was nservative, though he did so much to unrme the very nservative approach which had characterised Irish life well to the 1960sHe did make one apology which he regretted was the Bishop and the Nightie affair, when he asked a woman the dience what she had worn on her weddg night.