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John Patrick Byrne (6 January 1940 – 30 November 2023) was a Scottish playwright, screenwriter, artist and designer. He wrote The Slab Boys Trilogy, plays which explore working-class life in Scotland, and the TV dramas Tutti Frutti and Your Cheatin' Heart. Byrne was also a painter, printmaker and scenic designer .
1 Dis 2023 · The artist and writer John Byrne, who created the acclaimed TV series Tutti Frutti, has died at the age of 83. His family said he died peacefully on Thursday with his wife Jeanine by his side.
John Patrick Byrne (6 January 1940 – 30 November 2023) was a Scottish playwright, screenwriter, artist and designer. He wrote The Slab Boys Trilogy, plays which explore working-class life in Scotland, and the TV dramas Tutti Frutti and Your Cheatin' Heart.
1 Dis 2023 · Tributes have been paid to the Scottish artist and playwright John Byrne, who has died at the age of 83. The Paisley-born polymath had a rich and varied career, which included designing album...
Becoming a renowned painter and playwright, Byrne was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 2004 and became a full Member in 2007 and with it Byrne’s nail in the Academy’s wall became a little sturdier.
John is one of Scotland’s most important and prolific artists, excelling as a painter, printmaker and playwright. Born in Paisley in 1940, he attended both Glasgow and Edinburgh Schools of Art, winning many prestigious awards for painting.
John Byrne (b.1940) Painter, designer and writer, born in Glasgow. He attended the School of Art there, 1958–61; Edinburgh College of Art, 1961–2; Glasgow School of Art, 1962–3; then a travelling scholarship took him to Italy in 1963–4.
