The sudden death of RTÉ 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 RTÉ 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 the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú. He died sixteen years later at his Upper Leeson Street apartment in Dublin, his body found by his partner Melanie Verwoerd. The broadcaster had split from his wife Morah in 2008; the couple had five children together.