Actor Emmet Bergin Dies Unexpectedly After Learning of ‘Possible Heart Issue’
‘He shall be tremendously missed,’ Bergin’s daughter mentioned.
Irish actor Emmet Bergin has handed away at age 79. In a press release to Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ, his daughter Tara mentioned: “Sadly, dad died on Friday morning (March 15) at dwelling. It was sudden.
“He had solely not too long ago been alerted to a attainable coronary heart challenge and had been discharged from a brief keep in hospital. We thought and hoped he can be okay. We had been all at dwelling when it occurred – my mum Sarah, my brother Gavan, and me. He was such an essential presence in our lives. He shall be tremendously missed.”
The Abbey Theatre is deeply saddened to listen to of the sudden passing of Emmet Bergin. His lengthy affiliation right here stretches from 1971 to 2006. There shall be a tribute to Emmet from our levels tonight. Pictured right here within the Patrick Pearse Motel, 1986 (photograph credit score: Fergus Bourke). pic.twitter.com/PPXr7MZQtb
— Abbey Theatre (@AbbeyTheatre) March 20, 2024
Bergin appeared within the RTÉ collection Glenroe from its debut in 1983 to 2001. The cleaning soap portrayed the lives of residents within the fictional Wicklow village and likewise starred Mick Lally, Joe Lynch, and Mary McEvoy.
Bergin was born in Carlow, Eire. His father, Paddy Bergin, labored for the Carlow Sugar Manufacturing unit and was additionally a commerce union official and a Labour Get together politician. Throughout Bergin’s time on the Brendan Smith Academy, he took performing classes. His first theatre job was as a prompter and assistant stage supervisor on the Eblana Theatre. He then went on tour with the Irish Theatre Firm earlier than enrolling on the Abbey College of Appearing in Dublin.
In 1969, Bergin performed a small position in Ryan’s Daughter, adopted by the position of Sir Ulfius in Excalibur in 1981. He turned a family title two years later when he performed solicitor Dick Moran within the cleaning soap opera Glenroe. One of many cleaning soap’s and Bergin’s most well-known characters was having an extramarital affair with Terry Killeen, which was a significant plotline within the present.
The actor went on to seem within the medical drama collection The Clinic and the tv thriller The Burke Enigma. In 2003, Bergin performed the Sunday Unbiased’s editor, Aengus Fanning, reverse Cate Blanchett within the movie Veronica Guerin.
Among the many many stage works he has carried out with the Abbey Theatre embrace the productions of True West, The Silver Tassie, and Philadelphia, Right here I Come!
Bergin has a brother, Patrick Bergin, who can also be a well known actor. He’s survived by his spouse, Sarah, and his youngsters, Gavan and Tara.