in January 2015. Finucane suffered from heart arrhythmia which did not respond to treatment; John Clarke stated after her death that "I believe for two years that she had been very unwell", noting "she wouldn't go to doctors". In one case, Finucane convinced one of her sisters to mimic her symptoms to a doctor in order to obtain a diagnosis. After a long flight from India where she had attended a friend's wedding, Finucane reported feeling very unwell upon arriving at her home in Naas, County Kildare, and decided to go to bed; she died unexpectedly in her sleep from pneumonia on 2 January 2020, aged 69. Her laboured breathing had been noticed in her final broadcast on 8 December 2019. Her funeral took place on 7 January 2020. In October 2022 a sculpture in her honour was unveiled outside the RTE Radio Centre in Dublin. References External links The Marian Finucane Show at RTÉ.ie Friends In Ireland Homepage 1950 births 2020 deaths Mass media people from Dublin (city) Ballygall 20th-century Irish people Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology Alumni of the University of Galway RTÉ Radio 1 presenters RTÉ television presenters Jacob's Award winners Prix Italia winners 21st-century Irish people