Nicky Byrne’s dad died suddenly at work in 2009 and the star has poignantly revealed how carving out a media career in their shared name after Westlife split would’ve made him proud.
His dad was the lead singer of a cabaret band from the age of 20 and speaking on Brian Dowling’s Death Becomes Him podcast Nicky said: ‘He was like Mr Showbiz in our local area.’ The Baldoyle local reminisced on all his dad has missed in the 11 years since his passing saying: ‘I lost my dad in ’09 and Westlife was still going.
When in the time when Westlife split in 2012 I did Strictly Come Dancing, Dad never saw it. I did the Eurovision, Dad never saw it.
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