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RTÉ broadcaster Gerry Ryan has died. He was 53.

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He has presented 'The Gerry Ryan Show' on RTE 2fm since 1988.

He also hosted a number of television series, including 'Operation Transformation' and 'Ryan Confidential', throughout his career.
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He is survived by his five children and his wife Morah, from whom he was separated.

A statement issued on behalf of Gerry Ryan's family said: "Gerry Ryan died today. Morah and his children are in complete shock. Please respect their privacy at this time."

In a statement, RTÉ said: "It is with profound sadness that RTÉ has learned of the sudden death of broadcaster Gerry Ryan."

"The thoughts and prayers of all RTÉ staff are with Gerry Ryan's family and his friends."

Gerry Ryan R.I.P. (4 June 1956 30 April 2010)
Gerard Gerry Ryan (4 June 1956 30 April 2010) was a veteran Irish full-time presenter of radio and part-time presenter of television employed by RTÉ. He presented The Gerry Ryan Show on radio station RTÉ 2fm each weekday morning from 1988 until his death.

Ryan hosted several series of television shows, including Secrets, Gerry Ryan Tonight, Ryantown, Gerry Ryans Hitlist and Operation Transformation and Ryan Confidential, which recently finished its sixth series on RTÉ One. Ryan was also noted for co-presenting the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest from the Point Theatre, Dublin and presenting an edition of the long-running chat show The Late Late Show in 2008.

Ryan was considered to be a motor-mouth shock jock. The Gerry Ryan Show has been the subject of several upheld complaints to the broadcasting complaints commission, although once escaped punishment when he wondered if God was a bollocks aloud live on air.

Ryan was noted for the enjoyment he took in discussing topics such as sex, bodily functions and food and once googled images of tapeworm porn.

In March 2008, it was announced that Ryan and his wife Morah, with whom he has five children, were to separate after 26 years of marriage.
In a joint statement, Gerry and Morah Ryan requested that their privacy and that of their children be respected.

The broadcaster revealed that he and his wife had made a pact never to discuss their marital breakdown in public. He described this much publicised separation as the most painful decision that either of them ever had to make, criticising those who have abandoned him and praising Man Booker Prize winner John Banville who has supported him.

Dealing with what he calls the bachelor world of separation, Ryan has said he watches the Discovery Channel in his pyjamas while nursing a glass of whiskey in his shiny new apartment.

Ryan was found dead in his Dublin apartment on 30 April 2010.

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