'He was incredible' - tributes paid to broadcaster Gerry Kelly

'He was incredible' - tributes paid to broadcaster Gerry KellyImage caption, Kelly presented the BBC NI television documentary Links to the Past: Pioneers of Ulster GolfByHolly FleckBBC News NIPublished1 hour agoTributes are being paid to former television and radio presenter Gerry Kelly, who has died at the age of 77.Broadcaster Gloria Hunniford, who worked with Kelly, described him as "incredible" and said his personality was what made him so likeable. "He was just a beautiful big man with a big personality, big sense of humour and everything about him was just lovable," she added.Kelly, whose presenting career spanned four decades, died at his home on Sunday.The journalist and broadcaster is perhaps best known for his weekly talk show on UTV from 1989 until 2005.He also hosted a weekly programme on BBC Radio Ulster from 2009, and recently delivered a new chat show series with students at Belfast Met.Image source, Pacemaker PressImage caption, Gerry Kelly is perhaps best known for his weekly talk show on UTV from 1989 until 2005"Gerry really was always the person you were glad to bump into, glad to talk to and that's what made him, in many ways, a wonderful interviewer," Hunniford told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme. She said people loved going to see him and be interviewed by him.The Loose Women presenter recounted a time where Kelly lifted something and ripped his trousers while live on air."And he just laughed about it as we all did. He just was a great person.""In a way I can't believe that that big personality is gone," she added.Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Gloria Hunniford worked with Gerry Kelly 'Such fun'Journalist and presenter Lynda Bryans, who also worked with Kelly, said he was "such fun to be out with, you know, and he made you feel like you were very special".She said Kelly got his UTV gig by way of mistaken identity. The company...