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Birthday
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Death day
November 4, 2019 (85 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Leo
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Celebrities born on August 5
Born in 1934
Born in Dublin, Ireland
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Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne is an Irish radio and television presenter and presenter. His most notable role is as the host of The Late Late Show's first for a period of 37 years from 1962 to 1999. The Late Late Show is the second longest chat room in the world. He is affectionately known as "Uncle Gay", "Gaybo" or "Uncle Gaybo". His time in the UK with Granada Television saw him be the first to feature The Beatles on screen and Byrne and then the first to feature Boyzone on screen in 1993. From 1973 to 1998, Byrne performed The Gay Byrne Hour - later The Gay Byrne Show as it expanded to two hours - on RTÉ Radio 1 every morning of the week. After retiring from her lengthy radio and TV shows, Byrne featured a number of other shows including Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ?, The Meaning of Life and Just For One Night on RTÉ One and Sunday Serenade. / Sunday with Gay Byrne on RTÉ lyrique fm. In 2006 he was elected Chairman of the Irish Road Safety Authority.
BornGabriel Mary Byrne, August 5, 1934, Rialto, Dublin, Ireland
DiedNovember 4, 2019, Howth, Dublin, Ireland
Resting placeSt. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton, Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Other namesUncle Gay, Gaybo, Uncle Gaybo
EducationScoil Treasa Naofa, Synge Street CBS, honorary doctorate in literature from Trinity College, Dublin (1988)
OccupationBroadcaster
Years active1958–2019
EmployerRaidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Notable workThe Late Late Show, The Late Late Toy Show, The Gay Byrne Show, Rose of Tralee, People in Need Telethon, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, The Meaning of Life, For One Night Only
Board member ofChairman of the Road Safety Authority (2006–2014)
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About Gay Byrne

TV Show Host Gay Byrne was born in Dublin, Ireland on August 5, 1934. He dies at the age of 85, on November 4, 2019.

Best known for hosting Ireland's The Late Late Show from 1962 to 1999, he is a decorated television show host. In 2010, The Irish Times named him the most important guy in television.

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Gay Byrne before becoming famous

Gay Byrne was born in the Zodiac sign Leo (The Lion), and 1934 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dog (狗).

In 1958, he became a jazz music radio DJ.

Achievement of Gay Byrne

He began hosting The Meaning of Life, a talk show, in 2009.

Gay Byrne's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

From 1964 till his death in November 2019, he was married to Kathleen Watkins.

Gay Byrne Collabed with

He was one of the first television personalities to conduct an interview with Band The Beatles.

Gay Byrne Income & Net worth

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