Irish celebrities who suddenly vanished out of the spotlight

darkdubh

Who was that mixed race guy who used to show up on RTE shows to do with fashion/music quite a bit in the early Noughties?Small guy,shaved head I think he had a Latin/Spanish sounding surname(could have been Cruz or something similar).Came across as an insufferable egotist,wasen't too sorry when he disappeared without trace

MisterKipling

darkdubh wrote:

Who was that mixed race guy who used to show up on RTE shows to do with fashion/music quite a bit in the early Noughties?Small guy,shaved head I think he had a Latin/Spanish sounding surname(could have been Cruz or something similar).Came across as an insufferable egotist,wasen't too sorry when he disappeared without trace

Graham Cruz....sang in a band called doves. He's actually a really nice down to earth guy lol

darkdubh

MisterKipling wrote: »

Graham Cruz....sang in a band called doves. He's actually a really nice down to earth guy lol

The crowd that Hazel whatsherface was in?

syklops

tipptom wrote: »

Michelle De Bruin,know she was studying to become a barrister.
Is she actually practising?

Toxicology would be more appropriate for her.

darkdubh

That Irish guy who used to be in The Bill in the early days.Burt Reynolds moustache,used to be considered as something of a sex symbol,whatever became of him?Not to be mixed up with the fat dark haired guy who also had a tash and who I think died.

George White

darkdubh wrote: »

That Irish guy who used to be in The Bill in the early days.Burt Reynolds moustache,used to be considered as something of a sex symbol,whatever became of him?Not to be mixed up with the fat dark haired guy who also had a tash and who I think died.

Tony Scannell, aka DS Roach.
Still acting, after being pronounced bankrupt. Was also in Flash Gordon.

The fat lad was Kevin Lloyd, who played "Tosh" Lines.

George White

Ormond's hosting the TV3 Toy Show. So he may stick around for a wee bit, i.e. 90 minutes.

JP Liz V1

MisterKipling wrote: »

Graham Cruz....sang in a band called doves. He's actually a really nice down to earth guy lol

Is he a make up artist now?

George White

Chemical Byrne wrote: »

One thing I always wondered about Brendan Kilkenny is whether he is just taking the piss and parodying wannabe celebrities OR is he actually serious.

I'm hoping it's the former as the latter is quite sad and I'd feel sorry for him.

Or maybe his aim is to confuse people as such and is in fact a master of his art!

He was genuine. *snip*

Professey Chin

*Mod*

Whatever about celebrities that disappeared, no need for accusations into their personal lives

fryup

whatever happened to the guy who presented mt usa ??

Kenny Logins

fryup wrote: »

whatever happened to the guy who presented mt usa ??

Since he died? Not much.

amdublin

fryup wrote: »

whatever happened to the guy who presented mt usa ??

He must be dead 30 years now. He was great!

Actually he was fab!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Hanley

Only 33

kazamo

Fergal Sharkey (former Undertone), its about 30 years ago since his solo no1 hit A Good Heart and then a follow up called You Little thief.
And then never heard of him again

George White

Didn't he become the head of some music guild? Edit - British Music Rights.

tipptom

George White wrote: »

Didn't he become the head of some music guild? Edit - British Music Rights.

Or was that his cousin?

kingtiger

amdublin wrote: »

He must be dead 30 years now. He was great!

Actually he was fab!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Hanley

Only 33

yes used to watch MT-USA religiosity

I remember when he died, RTE reported him dying from an eye infection

ohnonotgmail

amdublin wrote: »

He must be dead 30 years now. He was great!

Actually he was fab!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Hanley

Only 33

The best thing about sunday afternoon. It had the first irish showing of the video for Thriller.

toptom

Enya

darkdubh

tipptom wrote: »

Or was that his cousin?

His perfect cousin.

Amalgam

toptom wrote: »

Enya

Enya's back, in Pog form.

BBC - November 03, 2015: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34699044

Whatever happened to Maurice Pratt?

tipptom

Amalgam wrote: »

Enya's back, in Pog form.

BBC - November 03, 2015: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34699044

Whatever happened to Maurice Pratt?

He went on to become a managing director for a lot of big companys like Cantrell-Cochrane and the likes.
He was the butt of many a profanity in Irish households when he came on in those adds mainly because of his name and how wooden he was but I guess it garnered a lot of publicity.

Second Toughest in_the Freshers

Lord Lucan,

Shergar

road_high

kingtiger wrote: »

yes used to watch MT-USA religiosity

I remember when he died, RTE reported him dying from an eye infection

Thing was, was there even a name for AIDs at that stage? Possibly not, and people died from secondary infections after their immune systems collapsed. Sadly of its time.

EDIT; I see he died in 1987 so they would have been aware by then....stigma would have been huge, still is.

RainyDay

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

The best thing about sunday afternoon.

Nearly the best. The real best was

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ9yAV8uQ7g

Aglomerado

tipptom wrote: »

He went on to become a managing director for a lot of big companys like Cantrell-Cochrane and the likes.
He was the butt of many a profanity in Irish households when he came on in those adds mainly because of his name and how wooden he was but I guess it garnered a lot of publicity.

Very true, how many marketing managers can claim to have been household names?

L1011

kingtiger wrote: »

yes used to watch MT-USA religiosity

I remember when he died, RTE reported him dying from an eye infection

Case of (severe) inacurracy by omission - he died from toxoplasmosis which does affect the eyes; but the reason he got that was never going to be mentioned at the time.

kingtiger

L1011 wrote: »

but the reason he got that was never going to be mentioned at the time.

yes of course, but everyone knew anyway

although I would say Vinny had a great time in San Fran though

Kevhog1988

doc11 wrote: »

She must know someone. How a girl from the middle of Dublin got a job presenting a show about rural ireland/farming amazes me. Abit like George lee the Agricultural Correspondent who would be have been lucky to step inside a farm in his entire life.Jobs for the boys.

She knows a bit, converse with her on twitter the odd time

George White

F.A.B, Irish girl band who were a Z-rate B*Witched, if IIRC.
Buffalo G, a similar "salt of the earth" act. One of them was the sister of Shane off Boyzone and his two sisters who were in B*Witched, IIRC.
Kerri-Ann - No. 1 hit and rumours of a "relationship" with Stephen Gately (PR cobblers, at most) and then nothing...

darkdubh

Toni The Exotic Housewife.

Seán Bán Breathnach.

Liam O Murchu(passed away recently though kind of disappeared from the public spotlight years ago).

Ruu

George White wrote: »

F.A.B, Irish girl band who were a Z-rate B*Witched, if IIRC.
Buffalo G, a similar "salt of the earth" act. One of them was the sister of Shane off Boyzone and his two sisters who were in B*Witched, IIRC.
Kerri-Ann - No. 1 hit and rumours of a "relationship" with Stephen Gately (PR cobblers, at most) and then nothing...

OTT!

fiachr_a

Pat O'Mahony, that knob from RTÉ's fashion show in the 1990s. Now a middle-aged property renter.

Saipanne

The Thrills

fiachr_a

That happy Chinese girl on RTÉ kids' shows in the 1980s.

George White

fiachr_a wrote: »

That happy Chinese girl on RTÉ kids' shows in the 1980s.

Ling something?

Ol' Donie

Saipanne wrote: »

The Thrills

What did happen to The Thrills?

Didn't they have a song about what ever happened to someone else?

Weird.

branie2

Ol' Donie wrote: »

What did happen to The Thrills?

Didn't they have a song about what ever happened to someone else?

Weird.

Whatever Happened to Corey Haim? That was the song

s8n

Larry Murphy

darkdubh

That young seanachai lad from Kerry who was in a couple of ads for I think maybe Dennys rashers or something similar circa early 90s.He used to end the ads with the line "And thats pure true".Seem to remember he was being touted as the next Eddie Lenihan but never heard anything more about him.

L1011

On the singer note, whatever happened to George Murphy after his assault conviction?

TheQuietFella

Gay Byrne, Twink!

tipptom

darkdubh wrote: »

Toni The Exotic Housewife.

Seán Bán Breathnach.

Liam O Murchu(passed away recently though kind of disappeared from the public spotlight years ago).

Think SBB is all over TG4,think he does the rugby commentary for them probably in a shui.

Ash.J.Williams

branie2 wrote: »

Marcus O'Higgins was another great Bosco presenter. He think he went into the music business after the show finished

think he's on funny friday once a month....

Ruu

TheQuietFella wrote: »

Gay Byrne, Twink!

She was on telly recently after her dog went missing, had Derek Acorah (:D) talking to her dog.

Ash.J.Williams

i've encountered twink in real life and all i won't hear a bad word said about her! she's one hell of a cake sales woman i'll say that!

TheQuietFella

Ruu wrote: »

She was on telly recently after her dog went missing, had Derek Acorah (:D) talking to her dog.

It was meant to be sarcastic!

L1011

Andy Ruane - vanished since his internet TV channel a decade too early

George White

Seems John and Edward may be going this way, thank Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the Orphans...
http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/planet-jedward-crashes-back-earth-6768247

darkdubh

who the fug wrote: »

What happen to the lady that used to be the continuity announcer in the early afternoon, during the seventies and early eighties black curly hair was from Dingle

Shes on here at 0.41.At least I think thats her..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaWcwOzZ9Xk