{"id":61982,"date":"2025-04-30T04:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T04:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/61982\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T04:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T04:16:14","slug":"bonnie-ryan-reveals-heartbreaking-final-chat-with-rte-radio-icon-dad-gerry-regret-before-world-rocked-by-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/61982\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie Ryan reveals heartbreaking final chat with RTE radio icon dad Gerry &#038; regret before &#8216;world rocked&#8217; by his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GERRY RYAN&#8217;S daughter Bonnie has recalled the heartbreaking final chat she had with her dad before his tragic death.<\/p>\n<p>Beloved radio jock\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/who\/gerry-ryan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gerry<\/a>\u00a0passed away on April 30 2010 at the age of 53, leaving\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/who\/bonnie-ryan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bonnie<\/a>\u00a0and her four siblings &#8211; Rex, Babette, Bonnie and Elliott &#8211; heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot of a woman speaking.\" height=\"694\" width=\"453\" data-credit=\"Tiktok\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-1831.png\" data-caption=\"Bonnie recounted the last conversation she had with her dad on her TikTok\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-1831.png\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie recounted the last conversation she had with her dad on her TikTokCredit: Tiktok<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gerry Ryan with daughters Lottie and Bonnie Ryan at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards.\" height=\"960\" width=\"647\" data-credit=\"Alamy\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NINTCHDBPICT000563051884.jpg\" data-caption=\"Gerry with daughters Lottie and Bonnie Ryan\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NINTCHDBPICT000563051884.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Gerry with daughters Lottie and Bonnie RyanCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie, who was just 17-years-old at the time of her father&#8217;s passing, has always been open about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/tvandshowbiz\/10616904\/rte-bonnie-ryan-gerry-grief-tears-battle\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">her experience with grief<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The now 32-year-old took to her TikTok account on the eve of her father&#8217;s 15th anniversary to recount the final conversation she had with him.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;Today, fifteen years ago was the last time I ever spoke to my dad. It was on the phone and he was annoyed at me because I had gotten two parking tickets in the one week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kind of fair enough, but anyway, I was annoyed at him cause he was annoyed at me. And I remember handing the phone away to my sister gong, &#8216;Ugh take it, he&#8217;s getting angry at me&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t say to him goodbye, and I didn&#8217;t say to him that I loved him. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Little did I know the very next day I would find out that my dad had passed away and my whole word was going to be rocked forevermore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;This is your reminder, don&#8217;t forget to say, &#8216;I love you&#8217;. Don&#8217;t forget that life is so fragile and you just don&#8217;t know what is coming around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you still have your parents just give them an extra squeeze, or whoever it is that you love in your life, because you just don&#8217;t know what could happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Emotional fans flocked to Bonnie&#8217;s comment section to share some of their favourite memories of the late radio star.<\/p>\n<p>One fan wrote: &#8220;Grew up listening to your Da on the radio, way ahead of his time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie Ryan shares traumatic moment she found out her dad passed away<\/p>\n<p>Gayle gushed: &#8220;Where has that 15 years gone. Your dad was a great man. All of us that listened to his radio show felt like he was our best friend. I was devastated when I heard of his death. I really miss his voice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Susan commented: &#8220;Absolutely loved listening to your dad on the radio he was a legend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ashleigh remarked: &#8220;Just loved turning on radio every morning to hear Gerry&#8217;s voice, always cheered everyone up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BONNIE&#8217;S TEARS<\/p>\n<p>Another fan added: &#8220;I listened to your dad every morning on my way to college, I was so sorry to hear of his passing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie previously opened up about the traumatic moment she discovered her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/tvandshowbiz\/14607474\/rte-gerry-ryan-bonnie-trauma-moment-tears\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dad had &#8220;dropped dead&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie posted a clip which read: &#8220;I had my bloods taken when I was 17 and was waiting for the results &#8211; I got called out of school and my doctor was there to collect me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I 100 per cent thought to myself, &#8216;Oh jeeze, I&#8217;m dying&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But really she would tell me my dad had actually just dropped dead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FEAR FOR MUM<\/p>\n<p>Following her adored dad&#8217;s sudden passing, Bonnie also admitted having an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/tvandshowbiz\/9126891\/overwhelming-fear-lose-mum-gerry-ryan-death-bonnie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;overwhelming irrational fear&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0that she would lose her mother Morah Brennan.<\/p>\n<p>In an honest Q&amp;A on Instagram about grief, one fan wrote how they were suffering with the fear of their second parent dying and having none left.<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie told how she could relate to the same fear and said: &#8220;Yes to this. I had an overwhelming irrational fear about this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When my dad died I wanted to wrap my mom in clingfilm and bubble wrap and leave her in a corner and say, &#8216;You just can&#8217;t move from here&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fear will eventually go. I think it&#8217;s normal to be scared after you&#8217;ve lost one parent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LEARNING TO COPE<\/p>\n<p>And Bonnie explained that her family have learned how to cope with the huge loss.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;I think because my family and I have become so good at being so open around each other with talking about my dad that it&#8217;s just part of our every day conversation to bring him up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s brought up in the good situations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s about trying to become really comfortable with bringing them up in conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So when you bring them up it&#8217;s not like, &#8216;Oh God we don&#8217;t talk about it that much and now I&#8217;m really upset&#8217;. It&#8217;s more just natural.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GERRY RYAN&#8217;S daughter Bonnie has recalled the heartbreaking final chat she had with her dad before his tragic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,203,77,459,9440,31952,106,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-61982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity-deaths","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-instagram","12":"tag-radio","13":"tag-rte","14":"tag-section-showbizcelebrity","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114424983353842277","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}