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Ryan Confidential
Ryan Confidential is an Irish home-produced television programme which was broadcast on RTÉ One until 2010. It was presented by Gerry Ryan, until his unexpected death at the age of 53 on 30 April 2010. The programme was created by the producer David Blake Knox.
The format placed Ryan and celebrity guests in restaurants and hotels, designed to provide a more intimate setting than a studio. Ryan then interviewed his guests. The programme, commissioned by RTÉ's Entertainment Department, proved popular, and ran for
“it works,” and that the diet was preferable to the alternative of certain death"
Origin and original form Controversy.
Kempner admitted in statements before his death that he whipped patients who avoided his rice diet. In 1993, a former patient Sharon Ryan sued him. Ryan accused Kempner of keeping her as a "virtual sex slave" for many years, an allegation he denied. The lawsuit ended with a confidential settlement.
Contemporary forms.
Kempner retired from the Duke Faculty in 1974, but consulted until