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RIP Gay Byrne

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    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,204 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    RIP


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    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,258 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    RIP
    A true legend.


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    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    You can roll it there Colette


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    Duane Dibbley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 418 ✭✭Duane Dibbley


    splinter65 wrote: »
    You can roll it there Colette

    Was Colette before or after Roisin?


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    Ol' Donie
    Registered Users Posts: 19,578 ✭✭✭✭Ol' Donie


    Ah poor aul Uncle Gaybo. That's a terrible shame.


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    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,923 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Duane Dibbley wrote: »
    Was Colette before or after Roisin?

    After I think, you can tell someone's age by their goto roll it.

    RIP


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    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,451 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Aw no. RIP!


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    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 85,024 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    RIP
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    Yakuza
    Registered Users Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    One of my favourite memories was when Pee Flynn managed to destroy his political career when complaining how hard it was to have three houses to manage.

    I found this version of it on the auld youtube:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ORNfD8e_sk


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    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,383 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Gay was some operator with a fantastic career in broadcasting. He was a real national treasure.


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    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    RIP Gaybo.. :(


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    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Duane Dibbley wrote: »
    Was Colette before or after Roisin?

    I know of no Roisin. It was Colette when we came here in 1974 and for years after.


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    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Clareman wrote: »
    After I think, you can tell someone's age by their goto roll it.

    RIP

    I’m 54


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    emo72
    Registered Users Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭emo72


    A true legend. A great man. Can't believe he's gone.


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,656 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    So sad. In a world of so called celebrity "legends", Gay Byrne truly was one. He was unique.


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    JoeA3
    Registered Users Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭JoeA3


    Very very sad, another big name and personality from my childhood is gone. Just makes you all the more aware that we're all getting older :(

    I wonder what the weekly LLS thread on this forum would be like if it were around in Gay's heyday! The current incumbent isn't fit to lace his boots but I'm sure he'd acknowledge that himself to be fair.


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    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users Posts: 71,628 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    RIP Gaybo :(


    Here he is, meeting a long-forgotten beat combo from Liverpool.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thgBBoNrzPA


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    Skid X
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    Very sad day.

    He was the greatest broadcaster of his time, and there are few people who did more to shape the country.

    I had the pleasure of meeting him, he was a Gentleman with huge interest in people.

    We won't see his likes again. RIP.


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    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 45,535 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    Sad news. Remember much merriment in school when he discussed pogs on one of the toy show years and kept pronouncing them 'pogues'.

    Him and Dermot Morgan both gone now:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQemEN4b7-8

    'It is better to walk alone in the right direction than follow the herd walking in the wrong direction.'



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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,327 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Duane Dibbley wrote: »
    Was Colette before or after Roisin?

    I'm pretty sure that Colette was the original of the species.

    She was Colette Farmer, originally married to Donal Farmer (RIP) who played Fr. Deveraux in Glenroe. Though they must have divorced at some stage because he was remarried by the time he died in December 2018.


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    sliabh 1956
    Registered Users Posts: 396 ✭✭sliabh 1956


    It surely is a sign I am getting old. Earlier this year my own Mother passed away and now to day I hear Gaybo has died. Like many of her generation she followed him faithfully on the Radio and TV.She often remarked that the late Late was useless after he left it. He was her companion in the morning as she did her house work and later when she retired and her family had moved on. My own earliest memory as a child is going to my Grandmothers with my Dad to watch the Late Late Show as we had no telly. Even though I was quite young I was facinated at the debates that took place I remember Ulick O Connor Dr Paddy Leahy and MIne Bean Ni Cribhin arguing fighting over the issues of the day. He was a focal point as Ireland changed during the 60's,70's and 80's .He helped broaden our minds and was never afraid to challenge the norms of the time. As I grew up I listened faithfully to him each morning and of course the Late Late Shown became a central part of my weekend. We live in a different Ireland to day I think Gay played his part in no small way in the Country we live in to day with all its good and bad.


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    Skid X
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    There is a special LLS tribute show on Tuesday live at 9.35pm on RTE1


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    Effects
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    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    Him and Dermot Morgan both gone now

    Ah no, when did Dermot Morgan go? Granted I hadn't seem him in anything since Fr. Ted, but just figured he became a bit of a recluse or something.


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    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    Welsh Megaman wrote: »
    RIP Gaybo :(


    Here he is, meeting a long-forgotten beat combo from Liverpool.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thgBBoNrzPA

    I recognise yer man from Wings.


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    McLoughlin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭McLoughlin


    Effects wrote: »
    Ah no, when did Dermot Morgan go? Granted I hadn't seem him in anything since Fr. Ted, but just figured he became a bit of a recluse or something.

    Seriously he died over 20 years ago


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    JoeA3
    Registered Users Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭JoeA3


    Effects wrote: »
    Ah no, when did Dermot Morgan go? Granted I hadn't seem him in anything since Fr. Ted, but just figured he became a bit of a recluse or something.

    :eek: Dermot died in 1998!


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    RMAOK
    Registered Users Posts: 11,198 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    RIP Gay


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    yosser hughes
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    r3nu4l
    Registered Users Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    I am not "exira' and delira'" to hear this news :(

    Like others, my own mum did her housework to the background chat of Uncle Gaybo on the radio in the mornings, then settled down to the Late Late every Friday night


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    AMKC
    Registered Users Posts: 15,560 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Awe very sad to hear of the loss of Gay Byrne. He truly was a legend. Cancer is a horrible nasty disease and it does not care if your rich or poor, young or old it can effect us all. I recently lost an uncle to it and we buried him last week.

    RIP Gay Byrne

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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