Facts: - residence: ireland - employer: rtE - other names: fab vinny - known for: radio death presenting , '' mt-usa '' and his early - caption: vincent city in 1984 , three years before his death . hanley presenting '' mt-usa '' from new york - death cause: aids-related blindness - death date: 18 april 1987 - children: none - birth date: 2 april 1954 - partner: none - name: vincent hanley - nationality: irish - image: rtE mt-usa vincent hanley.jpg - birth place: clonmel , county tipperary , ireland - occupation: radio and television presenter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of vincent hanley .
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vincent hanley -lrb- born in clonmel , county tipperary in 2 april 1954 , died in dublin on 18 april 1987 -rrb- was a pioneering irish radio dj and television presenter , nicknamed '' fab vinny '' .he worked mainly for radio telefis Eireann , and was the first irish celebrity to die from an aids-related illness .he has been described as '' ireland 's first gay celebrity . ''hanley began presenting pop music shows on rtE radio cork in 1976 .he also did stints in dublin on rtE radio one and rtE television , including a special on gilbert o'sullivan .when the first dedicated pop station , rtE radio two -lrb- now branded 2fm -rrb- , was started in 1979 , he was one of its best-known djs .in 1981 , he moved to london to work for capital radio .in 1984 , he declined a lucrative offer to remain there and moved to new york city .hanley founded green apple productions in 1983 with conor mcanally , an rtE television producer and son of actor ray mcanally .the company produced '' mt-usa '' -lrb- music television usa -rrb- , a three-hour-long music video show modelled on the new american cable channel , mtv .mt-usa was broadcast on rtE from 1984 -- 87 on sunday afternoons .each block of videos was followed by a segment filmed in new york city with hanley introducing the videos , discussing american music and culture , and interviewing a celebrity .rtE described him as europe 's first vj -lrb- video jockey -rrb- .in 1987 , hanley died shortly after his 33rd birthday .he had been visibly ill for some time , and was rumoured to have an aids-related illness , which he denied .this reflected the stigma then associated with the disease and with homosexuality in ireland , which was not decriminalised until 1993 .the illness admitted by hanley was congenital cerebral toxoplasmosis , described as an '' eye disorder '' ; he was blind in one eye by his death .toxoplasmosis is very rarely fatal in adults who do not have a weakened immune system .in 2000 , hanley 's friend and colleague bill hughes , who had himself...