Gary Lydon, 1964 – 2026

Actor Gary Lydon, 61, died on May 3. Born in England but raised in Ireland, he appeared mostly in his adopted country. Lydon appeared as Patrick Murray on the TV show The Clinic (2003-09). He started his career with the Wexford Theatre Workshop, acting in such plays as Fool for Love, Equus, and What the Butler Saw. He went on to appear in some 60 TV series and movies, having two in post-production at the time of his death. Lydon recalled that his parents “were a bit annoyed” at his going into acting. “But when you’re young you’re headstrong. Now, I can understand their view. It’s different now, it’s more accepted, but back then there were very few courses where you could study acting. In retrospect I would have liked to have done a degree first, but at the time I was doing a course in business and it just wasn’t the right thing for me. If I had done something I was interested in I probably would never have become an actor.”