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Gerry Ryan is dead - Mod Warning Post #1

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    #212
    Ronan Keating
    Closed Accounts Posts: 913 ✭✭✭Ronan Keating


    Coronary Artery

    It has been confirmed on 2fm


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    #213
    Closed ac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭Closed ac


    Confirmed on RTE news


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    #214
    CantThinkOfANam
    Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭CantThinkOfANam


    News Flash on 2fm confirming it...


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    #215
    KevR
    Registered Users Posts: 3,110 ✭✭✭KevR


    On Sky News now.

    Can't get on RTE website, it's too busy.


    Never listened to his radio shows much but it's shocking and sad - he was only 53 years old and had little kids. RIP


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    #216
    allucinator
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭allucinator


    Still in shock...not a big fan, but my God only 53. He was a bit of a rebel on the airwaves when he started. RIP


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    #217
    RoadKillTs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,710 ✭✭✭RoadKillTs


    Was on 2FM there.
    Larry said "Sleep in peace my dear friend" :(


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    #218
    Busi_Girl08
    Registered Users Posts: 17,815 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    Just confirmed on 2fm. The newscaster's voice was breaking slightly :(

    Larry Gogan "Sleep in peace, my dear friend"


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    #219
    LoanShark
    Registered Users Posts: 949 ✭✭✭LoanShark


    2fm just confirmed!


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    #220
    Gang of Gin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭Gang of Gin


    I can't believe Miriam O'Callaghan had such shocking news broadcasted via Twitter. Really tasteless.


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    #221
    Scarinae
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 11,362 ✭✭✭✭Scarinae


    hblock21 wrote: »
    Only last night my father said while watching his show 'Am I as fat as him?' !

    His death is obviously related to his unhealthy diet.

    That may be so, but I think it's a bit soon to be bringing that sort of thing up... The news has only just broken officially, his family have only just found out. His friends and colleagues may be reading this thread right now, and are probably very upset. What you're saying is pure speculation, save it until more is known and until it is less raw for the bereaved
    jd007 wrote:
    Was he on the radio this morning?
    According to the Irish Times website, the alarm was raised when he failed to show up for work this morning :(


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    #222
    WesternNight
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭WesternNight


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    many other people have died today, why do people always feel the need to post pages and pages of RIP on here for the more famous ones? its another sad aspect of the "celebrity" obsessed culture we live in.

    Should we keep track of the death notices and post about all of them?

    Come on, I'll express sadness about deaths I know about...can't do much better than that. I'm not going to go seeking out death notices just so I can spread around the sadness equally.


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    #223
    punkindrublic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 431 ✭✭punkindrublic


    Not a fan but still horrible he died so young! RIP


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    #224
    DingosAteMyBaby
    Registered Users Posts: 539 ✭✭✭DingosAteMyBaby


    the announcement on 2fm was very sad :(the newscaster sounded like she was crying:(


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    #225
    redout
    Registered Users Posts: 11,435 ✭✭✭✭redout


    Newsflash just there on 2fm to announce it.

    They said a full report on it at 4pm.


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    #226
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    There is already a facebook page up and running.
    Scary how technology can work so fast at times.


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    #227
    blodvyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭blodvyn


    Was an absolute massive fan, morning for me won't be the same for a while :(

    Rip, hope his family are okay!


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    #228
    The_Minister
    Registered Users Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭The_Minister


    norrie rugger wrote: »
    It is very much the point.

    The man made a carear and his living from diving opinion, on issues and his views of them.

    At no point was I disrespectful .
    I would not go to the funeral and slag him off, to his family, as that would be disrespectful to his family, in their grief.
    I can, however, come onto a (semi)public messge forum and post my considered opinion on the man and his life

    Or...Or...Or...



    ...you can wait for the body to grow cold before you start attacking him.

    I wasn't a fan either, but having a bit of class and letting everyone express their sadness before laying in isn't too much to ask.


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    #229
    SpitfireIV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭SpitfireIV


    Yeah, just heard Larry confirm it on 2fm........feck sake, thats sad!! :( I liked Gerry.


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    #230
    jacool
    Registered Users Posts: 3,835 ✭✭✭jacool


    hblock21 wrote: »
    Get a flicking grip.
    excuse me ! so this is how you think family and friends should hear news !
    I agree with the poster - there have to be standards. My wife is a nurse and they are forbidden from discussing anything.
    Put yourself in their shoes and assume you have some friends. See what I mean?


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    #231
    Giselle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,540 ✭✭✭Giselle


    hblock21 wrote: »
    RIP

    Didn't listen to his show for years. I remember listening during the summer holidays when going to school.

    Only last night my father said while watching his show 'Am I as fat as him?' !

    His death is obviously related to his unhealthy diet.

    How is that obvious, exactly? It could be any number of things.

    I used to listen to Gerry in the mornings on summer holidays because that's what the kitchen radio was tuned to. Over the years the sound of his voice was like that of a familiar friend to me.

    I'm not sure I think he was a brilliant broadcaster, but I think he was a likeable person and I've a lump in my throat knowing I'll never hear that familiar voice again when the kitchen radio at home is turned on.


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    #232
    Lambsbread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 442 ✭✭Lambsbread


    Rest in peace Gerry and condolences to the entire family. He might not have been popular with everyone but I thought he was entertaining on the radio and will be sadly missed.


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    #233
    The_Minister
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    Just realised that I was thinking of Joe Duffy the whole time. :o


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    #234
    nacho libre
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    RIP.
    I wasn't a fan of his radio show but in saying that he had his funny moments over the years. anyway sympathies to his children and ex-wife and those who he helped via his radio show.


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    #235
    jacool
    Registered Users Posts: 3,835 ✭✭✭jacool


    big_show wrote: »
    What about Miriam O'Callaghan or maybe Rick O' Shea?
    RTE would have contacted the family first, not gone onto boards !


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    #236
    krattapopov
    Registered Users Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭krattapopov


    When I was a kid I used to love watching school around the corner, he was class on it.

    I wouldn't have listened to or watched any of shows as I dind't really like his interviewing technique but deepest sympathies to his family and friends.

    RIP


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    #237
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Major shock . You just dont expect some people to die all of a sudden like that.

    My own father had a heart attack last year. HE was on his own at home too. He was only saved bcause he managed to ring his GF in the early hours on his mobile then pretty much dropped the phone. She only lives a hundred yards away and ran down knowing something was wrong. If he had have been able to make the call he'd be dead.

    RIP Gerry,


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    #238
    redout
    Registered Users Posts: 11,435 ✭✭✭✭redout


    2427 users online for after hours!

    Site going very slow for me.

    RIP Gerry, awful news.


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    #239
    rOBeRt frETt
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭rOBeRt frETt


    I just can't beleive it- RIP Gerry Ryan, you will be missed


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    #240
    Ronan Keating
    Closed Accounts Posts: 913 ✭✭✭Ronan Keating


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0430/ryang.html


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    #241
    Turtyturd
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    DKZ wrote: »
    No, Fiona Looney was instead.

    Faced with that prospect I think even those who jumped on the hate bandwagon would welcome him back.

    RIP


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