John Clarke, the longtime husband of the beloved RTÉ presenter Marian Finucane, has died at the age of 88. John and Marian were married in 2015, after 30 years together. Marian passed away suddenly in 2020.
John Clarke , the devoted husband of the late RTE presenter Marian Finucane, has passed away at the age of 88. His death follows five years after his beloved wife's sudden passing in January 2020, just before she was set to retire from the national broadcaster. Marian and John's journey began when she was 20 years old and he was 34. After three decades together, they tied the knot in 2015. In 2023, John received a cancer diagnosis at the age of 87.
That same year, he published his poignant memoir, 'Finucane & Me: My Life with Marian.' Speaking at Marian's funeral in 2020, John poured his heart out to mourners, revealing his enduring love for his wife spanning 40 years. He described her as someone who 'made the colors brighter and the world a bit easier to live in.' A year later, in an RTE documentary dedicated to Marian, John candidly admitted that he no longer found joy in radio or television following her loss. 'A huge part of my life has gone and a huge part of that for us was talk. Now I sit,' he explained, adding, 'I don't think you can explain your grief to anybody. What you see with me now is the tip of the iceberg. You see tears, sorrow and there's a big lump under that that's very personal. 'I don't want to talk about it. I don't understand it. And I hope that somewhere in that morass is a coping mechanism and I hope to find it. But my tears don't solve it.' John leaves behind his four children: Jocelyn, Neil, and Timothy from his first marriage, and Jack, whom he shared with Marian. Their daughter Sinead tragically passed away in 1990 at the young age of eight.
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