Galway Bay fm newsroom - Well known showband star Des Kelly has passed away after battling illness for the last number of years.
The Turloughmore native is best known as a founding member of the Capitol Showband but also worked as a music promoter and manager.
Tributes from across the Irish music industry are pouring in this morning for Des, described as a music visionary and a gentleman.
Prior to his illness Des Kelly worked as a music presenter on Galway Bay fm for twenty years, joining the radio station when it opened in 1989.
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His warm style of presenting and knowledge of music won him many listeners.
No funeral arrangements have yet been announced.
