Real name: Gabriel Mary Byrne

Effective period / Period of releases: 1985

Gay Byrne (born 5 August 1934, Rialto, Dublin, Ireland – died 4 November 2019, Dublin, Ireland) was an Irish presenter of radio and television. He was first host of The Late Late Show over a 37 year period spanning 1962 until 1999. He has presented several other programmes, including Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, The Meaning of Life and For One Night Only on RTÉ One and Sunday Serenade/Sunday with Gay Byrne on RTÉ Lyric FM.