Gerry Ryan’s children have paid tribute to their dad on what would have been the broadcast legend’s 70th birthday.
Gerry passed away unexpectedly in 2010, with tributes regularly being paid to one of the country’s most recognisable broadcasters in the years since his death.
His children Lottie, Bonnie, Rex and Babette have all followed in their late dad’s footsteps over the years, with Lottie and Bonnie hosting their own podcast together while Rex is enjoying his career as an actor.
Gerry would have turned 70-years-old on Friday (June 5), with his kids paying tribute to their dear old dad on social media.
Taking to her Instagram on Friday morning, Lottie wrote: ‘Happy 70th birthday to my hero’ alongside a collage of pics of her dad — before pondering what they would have been getting up to on his birthday.
‘I guarantee we would be in Disney celebrating if he was here,’ she wrote. ‘But instead let’s enjoy this picture of him on a toilet.’
Lottie’s younger brother Elliott also paid tribute to their dad, posting on his story: ‘Happy 70th big man’ alongside a lovely photo of him and his sister dragging their dad through a fountain.
Babette, the youngest of the Ryan children, shared a sweet selfie of her and Gerry on her Instagram, captioning the pic: ‘Happy 70th birthday to my favorite human, Dad!
Wishing we were celebrating together today,’ while Gerry’s former colleagues also paid tribute to him.
Taking to his Lyric FM show on Friday morning, Marty Whelan paid tribute to his friend from both school and work.
‘I met Lottie, his lovely daughter, the other day, and we were talking about things and life in general, basically just belittling everyone we knew for five minutes,’ Marty joked.
‘During the belittling, she happened to say, “Oh, it’s dad’s birthday on Friday.” And what I loved about it was she said “It’s dad’s birthday on Friday.” It was like Gerry was around the corner.
‘I thought it was a beautiful way to say [it] — she didn’t say he was gone, it was just that line, and then we talked some more about him.’
‘He’s sadly not with us, but we remember him nonetheless.’
