Death of Gerry Ryan

Death of Gerry Ryan Synopsis

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The sudden death of RTE broadcaster Gerry Ryan occurred on 30 April 2010. He was 53. Ryan had been presenting The Gerry Ryan Show since 1988 and at the time of his death had the largest audience on RTE 2fm. Ryan also hosted several television series, including Secrets, Gerry Ryan Tonight, Ryantown, Gerry Ryan's Hitlist and Operation Transformation and Ryan Confidential, as well as one edition of The Late Late Show in 2008. Ryan co-presented Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with Cynthia Ni Mhurchu. He was found dead sixteen years later at his Leeson Street apartment in Dublin by his partner Melanie Verwoerd. The broadcaster had split from his wife Morah in 2008: the couple had five children together.