Musical tributes for The Dude

It was the final playlist of the man know affectionately to his friends as The Dude.

Tony Fenton had choreographed his funeral from start to finish and the hundreds who attended the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook yesterday were treated to a string of the DJ’s favourite hits, ending with his own personal number one — Say A Little Prayer, the Burt Bacharach song made famous by Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick.

The great and the good of the broadcasting world along with some music megastars turned out to say their final goodbyes in what was an appropriately show-biz send-off.