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Bill O'Herlihy - RIP

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  • #32
    Deathwish4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 285 ✭✭Deathwish4


    RIP Bill

    Grew up watching him. Feels like i've lost someone I knew.


  • #33
    randy hickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭randy hickey


    RIP Bill.


  • #34
    Speak Now
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,894 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    We'll leave it there so :(:(:(


  • #35
    ghogie91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭ghogie91


    RIP Bill!

    Spent my life watching him! I am very sad after hearing this!

    We'll leave it there so


  • #36
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Ah jasus.

    "Alf has been deferred and Home & Away has been deferred"


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  • #37
    Cool_CM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭Cool_CM


    Very sad news


  • #38
    recyclops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭recyclops


    awful news, chatted to him a fair bit when i worked in his local dunnes. Lovely gentleman and always time for a quick chat. RIP


  • #39
    Maysa07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭Maysa07


    Loved Bill's advise at the end of this video..



  • #40
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    Terrible news. its a shame i always notice people die so shortly after they retire. Maybe it was the job that was keeping them going.

    Himself, Giles, Dunphy and Brady were great together.


  • #41
    No_Comply
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88 ✭✭No_Comply


    Very sad.

    For me, Bill is like Arnold Schwarzenegger - you never want them to age. You always want them to stay in their prime doing what they do best.

    For Bill, it was bringing levity to often heated debates and getting the best out of the panel. Just generally being the best sports presenter I've ever had the pleasure to watch.

    A genuinely nice man.


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  • #42
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    just announced on RTE now

    two great Irish broadcasters gone in a week

    RIP


  • #43
    tonycascarino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭tonycascarino


    RIP Bill


  • #44
    robman60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,233 ✭✭✭robman60


    So sad, I noticed during the last World Cup just how much better than the others he is. Can't believe he died within a year of that and his retirement. RIP


  • #45
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,722 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Thread title updated.


  • #46
    ollaetta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭ollaetta


    What a shame. Always loved that mischievous grin as he hopped curve balls to the lads on the panel. RIP


  • #47
    Gwynplaine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭Gwynplaine


    Legend.

    RIP Bill


  • #48
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Jaysus, that's sad news.

    RIP.


  • #49
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    A man of integrity. Will forever be remembered for his personality, charisma and his presenting, particularly of the world cups throughout the decades. A daily mass goer, which probably helped him when it came to calming storms in the studio.
    He came across as a very nice and decent person. He will be missed.
    Rest in peace.


  • #50
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    RIP. Always enjoyed watching the world cup on RTE with him commentating on it :(


  • #51
    CHealy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭CHealy


    This is terribly sad. The way he could play Dunphy, Giles and Brady off each other was genius, and he truly was the greatest sports presenter we ever had.

    RIP


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  • #52
    ronjo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭ronjo


    A nation holds its breath ! (Was of course said by George Hamilton)

    RIP Bill


  • #53
    unichick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 810 ✭✭✭unichick


    So sad. I thought it wasn't true. Loved watching the panel when Bill was the presenter. RIP.


  • #54
    aidan24326
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    It's all over the media now and appears to be true. Very sudden.


  • #55
    ronjo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭ronjo


    lee_baby_simms wrote: »
    George Hamilton is still alive.

    Oops !


  • #56
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    Ah Bill O Herlihy was a legend! Great time for his analysis through the years.

    Shocking News,
    I'll leave it there so folks!
    kerry4sam


  • #57
    valoren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,706 ✭✭✭valoren


    He doth bestrode the broadcasting world like a Collossus.

    RIP Bill.


  • #58
    GreatDefector
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 540 ✭✭✭GreatDefector


    RIP Bill

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHGcSMtyQ-E


  • #59
    DareGod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭DareGod


    Sad. RIP.


  • #60
    Saganist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭Saganist


    10 Years to the day of Liverpools win in Istanbul.

    RIP Billo.


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  • #61
    elfy4eva
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭elfy4eva


    True gentleman.

    RIP


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