Best known for his part as Joey 'The Lips' Fagan in Roddy Doyle's The Commitments, Johnny Murphy who was in his early seventies, has passed away.
Tributes are pouring in for the actor who died. Those who had worked with him in the past such as actress Maria Doyle-Kennedy and Glen Hansard took to twitter this morning.
Johnny Murphy#gentleman
Xx— Maria Doyle Kennedy (@mariadkennedy) February 23, 2016
Johnny as Estragon in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. pic.twitter.com/RoQ6hluqTf
— Glen Hansard (@Glen_Hansard) February 23, 2016
Murphy is also know for his roles in Angela's Ashes and Into The West
