Rest in peace, Johnny.
Johnny Murphy, known to many as Joey ‘The Lips’ Fagan from The Commitments, has passed away in his early 70s.
Tributes have already begun to pour in for the actor who played the saxophone in Ireland’s most iconic fictional band.
His Commitments costar Glen Hansard has led the tributes on Twitter, sharing photos of Murphy in a stage role as Estragon in Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.
The great Johnny Murphy, (Joey the Lips Fagan) passed yesterday.. A beautiful man, and a true gent.Bless you Johnny pic.twitter.com/nIW418VEhx
— Glen Hansard (@Glen_Hansard) February 23, 2016
Johnny as Estragon in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. pic.twitter.com/RoQ6hluqTf
— Glen Hansard (@Glen_Hansard) February 23, 2016
Maria Doyle Kennedy also paid tribute to her co-star, calling him a gentleman.
Johnny Murphy#gentleman
Xx— Maria Doyle Kennedy💙 (@mariadkennedy) February 23, 2016
Murphy also starred in Angela’s Ashes and Into The West.
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