Man who absolutely adored television was loved by everybody who worked with him

Larry Masterson is remembered at a funeral described as ‘his last show as executive producer’

Producer Larry Masterson worked on RTÉ entertainment programmes including ‘The Late Late Show’ and ‘The Saturday Night Show’ and founded independent production company Emdee with Mike Murphy. Photo: Mark Condren

Kirsty Blake Knox

Larry Masterson was different to most people who work in TV or the other media, RTÉ presenter Brendan O’Connor recalled at the late, great producer’s funeral on Thursday.

Most people in TV are fundamentally not nice, but pretend to be, O’Connor explained. Masterson was the inverse.