What is Ronan O'Rahilly?
[[File:Ronan O'Rahilly (1967).jpg|thumb|200px|O'Rahilly in 1967]] '''Ronan O'Rahilly''' (21 May 1940 – 20 April 2020) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] businessman. He is known for the creation of the [[UK|British]] radio station, [[Radio Caroline]]. For a time he was the manager of Australian actor [[George Lazenby]]. While filming ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (1969), O'Rahilly [[wikt:convince|convinced]] Lazenby to turn down a contract of seven ''[[James Bond]]'' movies. He also served as an executive producer of ''[[The Girl on a Motorcycle]]'' (1968) and ''[[Universal Soldier (1971 movie)|Universal Soldier]]'' (1971). O'Rahilly died of [[vascular dementia]] on 20 April 2020. He was 79.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://radiotoday.ie/2020/04/radio-caroline-founder-ronan-orahilly-has-died/|title=Radio Caroline founder Ronan O'Rahilly has died|work=RadioToday|date=20 April 2020|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Orahilly, Ronan}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Irish businesspeople]] [[Category:Deaths from vascular dementia]] [[Category:Irish movie producers]]