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gerry canal theatre in march 2010 , the month before his ryan death . pictured at the opening of the grand 30 april 2010 leeson street , dublin 4 clontarf , county dublin , ireland 4 june 1956 morah -rrb- brennan -lrb- 1982 -- 2008 : 5 children gerard ryan gerry ryan.jpg gerry ryan
 law degree gerard ryan broadcaster trinity college , dublin -lrb- tcd -rrb-
gerry ryan

gerard `` gerry '' ryan -lrb- 5 june 1956 -- 30 april 2010 -rrb- was an irish presenter of radio and television employed by raidió teilifís Éireann -lrb- rtÉ -rrb- .
he presented `` the gerry ryan show '' on radio station rtÉ 2fm each weekday morning from 1988 until hours before his sudden death .
he was presented with a jacob 's award for this show in 1990 .
ryan hosted several series of television shows , including `` secrets '' , `` gerry ryan tonight '' , `` ryantown '' , `` gerry ryan 's hitlist '' , `` ryan confidential '' and `` operation transformation '' .
in 1987 , he earned notoriety and the moniker `` lambo '' after an unpleasant incident in connemara .
he was also noted for co-presenting , with cynthia ní mhurchú , eurovision song contest 1994 and , in 2008 , presenting an edition of `` the late late show '' , television 's longest-running chat show , in place of the then regular host pat kenny .
an autobiography , `` would the real gerry ryan please stand up '' , was published in october 2008 .
he married morah brennan in 1988 and they had five children : lottie , rex , bonnie , elliott and babette .
in 1997 , morah famously telephoned her husband 's show and , under the name norah , told half a million listeners intimate details concerning his personal household habits .
gerry and morah announced their separation in march 2008 .
he soon began a relationship with the former south african ambassador to ireland and the then unicef ireland executive director , melanie verwoerd .
ryan was found dead in his dublin apartment on 30 april 2010 .
year later , his absence was still felt on radio , even by critics .
