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Gerry Ryan is dead - Mod Warning Post #1

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    #992
    musicmania
    Registered Users Posts: 518 ✭✭✭musicmania


    Fago! wrote: »
    I'm there.

    Have the tissues at the ready. It was heartbreaking. Especially near the end.


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    #993
    SerialComplaint
    Registered Users Posts: 2,644 ✭✭✭SerialComplaint


    Celtickiller wrote: »
    To all the people prepared to be nasty, remember what a ****hole this country was before people like Gerry Ryan challenged the status quo.
    mikom wrote: »
    Utter bollocks.
    Gerry Ryan always got on brilliantly with Rick Parfitt.

    Very sorry to hear of Gerry's death, particularly given his young family.

    But let's not pretend that he was any kind of social activist. It's kinda hard to challenge the status quo when you are living in the Four Seasons. Gerry was very much part of the status quo.

    He was a great radio talk-show host, particularly for female listeners.


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    #994
    Fago!
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    musicmania wrote: »
    Have the tissues at the ready. It was heartbreaking. Especially near the end.

    Really? Phuck. How long is it?


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    #995
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    It's on the RTEPlayer here

    Just after midnight tomorrow night on RTE also.

    just watched it

    a very fitting tribute, handled well

    kudos to all involved, cant have been easy to have to be in the public eye like that after the sudden death of a friend


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    #996
    StaticNoise
    Registered Users Posts: 2,411 ✭✭✭StaticNoise


    The tribute on the radio show wasn't too bad either.
    Quite well produced for RTÉ, on last minute, methinks.


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    #997
    candy-gal1
    Registered Users Posts: 6,568 ✭✭✭candy-gal1


    RIP Gerry Ryan.
    a radio legend


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    #998
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    StaticNoise wrote: »
    The tribute on the radio show wasn't too bad either.
    Quite well produced for RTÉ, on last minute, methinks.


    You think :p


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    #999
    StaticNoise
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    It is RTÉ we're talking about


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    #1000
    ordinary_girl
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    Fago! wrote: »
    Really? Phuck. How long is it?

    It's two hours long.


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    #1001
    Fago!
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    Rest_Energy wrote: »
    It's two hours long.

    Best get me tissues.


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    #1002
    480905
    Registered Users Posts: 381 ✭✭480905


    I wonder what happens to all his team now?? Are they employed by RTE or was it just to work on The Gerry Ryan show??


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    #1003
    Poly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Poly


    Didn't hear Fiona Looney on the air at all, (I'm not complaining btw) she worked with him for years.


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    #1004
    StaticNoise
    Registered Users Posts: 2,411 ✭✭✭StaticNoise


    Replacement show being dicussed at the moment. Same production team.


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    #1005
    jimmynokia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    RIP GERRY
    gerry was a legend not afraid to speak the truth
    thats what made him unique
    i listened to him every morning for the last 7 year dont no what i will do now


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    #1006
    Miguel_Sanchez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,417 ✭✭✭Miguel_Sanchez


    480905 wrote: »
    I wonder what happens to all his team now?? Are they employed by RTE or was it just to work on The Gerry Ryan show??

    They're all RTE employees.


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    #1007
    ROTTING CHRIST
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭ROTTING CHRIST


    As much as I disliked him, mainly due to his complete ignorance and downright insulting of my beliefs - he will be hard to replace all the same.


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    #1008
    danjo-xx
    Registered Users Posts: 5,393 ✭✭✭danjo-xx


    Was never a fan of his but did dip in occasionally and he did appear to genuinely care about a person's problem/situation whatever that may have been.

    This afternoon a caller to 2fm expressed their condolences and said we will never be as close to Gerry as you guys were.....the DJ/whatever....... said.....

    your wrong there..........Gerry was like that to everyone.

    R.I.P. man.


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    #1009
    quinnd6
    Registered Users Posts: 1,551 ✭✭✭quinnd6


    Gerrry Ryan was an absolute legend. No-one will ever replace him.
    He is irreplaceable. I felt so sad when I heard he had died but I thought I had dealt with it ok. I went out at the weekend and had a great couple of nights but over the last hour or so I have lost it completely. I feel so sad. It's just so not right. Over the last couple of hours I've felt so sad. More than ever before. Tonight when I was on my own I just broke won completlely and started to cry. I'm really embarassed I'm trying to hide it but I just feel so sad. I'm not going to say I'm a saint and I've listened to all his shows cos that would be bull. I haven't but I realise the impact he had on so many people. He was such a good character and entertainer and interviewer and he's going to be missed so much by everyone. All I can say really is may he rest in peace.I am so sorry as is every one is. As a country we really didn't need this. How wrong it all is.


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    #1010
    mikemike
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭mikemike


    You're not alone ...

    I didn't think I'd be this cut up about it , but I am ... Just goes to show how much a part of our lives he actually was ,, we didn't realise until he was gone ... We all just took it for granted that he'd be there day after day ..

    I got so used to his voice and sense of humour over the 20 years , not realising it'd become an integral part of my weekday routine .

    They spoke yesterday on the radio about some of his past shows , shows I actually remember quite well , and only seem maybe 3-4 years ago , but in fact were 20 !! ... Where the hell did the time go ?

    It's one of those things that a lot of us will remember exactly where we were when we heard he'd died ....
    It's an Elvis Presley / Jacko moment sort of thing ..


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    #1011
    ICN
    Registered Users Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭ICN


    Has anyone heard about this?

    Someone in Boyle Co.Roscommon has put the Domain name -

    RIP GERRY RYAN . COM up for sale on Ebay.


    Bidding starts @ E50! Get your PayPal ready!

    http://cgi.ebay.ie/RipGerryRyan-com-Domain-Name-/230468707943?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_B_I_Business_for_Sale_CV&hash=item35a9016667


    I dont know what is more unbelieveable, someone trying to make a buck, or the stupidity that such a website would be needed? Like C'mon!

    I'd say he would have had a thing or 2 to say about it. RIP G


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    #1012
    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Who the hell would buy that site?

    Especially when http://www.gerryryanRIP.com/ is available.


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    #1013
    ICN
    Registered Users Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭ICN


    phasers wrote: »
    Who the hell would buy that site?

    Especially when http://www.gerryryanRIP.com/ is available.


    Its just strange.

    I know lots of papers have been sold on the back of it this week as a result - so its no different in a way.. but its still just ****ing mad.

    I'd love to know the thought processes that go into thinking "Oh Yeah.. Think I'll sell a domain name - GerryRyanXXXXXXX.com" - Odd.


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    #1014
    Sapsorrow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭Sapsorrow


    Sound for the book review who ever posted it! Very entertaining read.


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    #1015
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    jimmynokia wrote: »
    RIP GERRY
    gerry was a legend not afraid to speak the truth
    thats what made him unique
    i listened to him every morning for the last 7 year dont no what i will do now

    I'd say you'll continue on your life the same as always and listen to some other presenter


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    #1016
    derek3475
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭derek3475


    All tho i never met you when i heard you had passed it was like loosing a member of my family you will be truly missed R.I.P G Ryan


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    #1017
    Walking Shadow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭Walking Shadow


    RIP Gerry- its weird that we will never hear your voice again.


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    #1018
    Dean820
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    I still can't believe he's dead tbh. Its truly shocking.


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    #1019
    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,096 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    Dean820 wrote: »
    I still can't believe he's dead tbh. Its truly shocking.
    +1.

    Can't say I'm going to miss his style of presenting but it is really shocking that someone still relatively young and so much in the public eye is just snapped away so suddenly like that.


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    #1020
    musicmania
    Registered Users Posts: 518 ✭✭✭musicmania


    Poly wrote: »
    Didn't hear Fiona Looney on the air at all, (I'm not complaining btw) she worked with him for years.

    She was on near the end of the show. Needless to say she was devastated.


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    #1021
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users Posts: 10,364 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    Dean820 wrote: »
    I still can't believe he's dead tbh. Its truly shocking.

    Yeah its shocking allright


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