The line in to screenwriter Johnny Ferguson’s funeral at the Unitarian Church, Stephen’s Green, Dublin, this morning.

Previously: Johnny’s No 1

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Johnny Ferguson, advertising copywriter/screenwriter and a creative, considerate and often pugnacious Dublin/Co Sligo character, known and loved by many, has died.

Johnny was working on several film projects before becoming ill and adapted the screenplay for the extraordinary Gangster No 1 (2000), featuring Malcolm McDowell and Paul Bettany (above).

Contributing to Poetry Ireland.ie in 2009, this is how Johnny described himself:

“Johnny Ferguson is a full-time screenwriter whose only fear – like the tribal chief in the Asterix books – is that the sky might fall on his/our head. (He has stopped listening to the Joe Duffy Show). You may know Johnny from such films as Gangster No. 1 and…er…that’s it. He is currently working on 3 novel adaptations, one short story adaptation, 3 original screenplays and his abs (kidding). He hopes to, one day, have the money to re-sole his left shoe.”

Watch Gangster No 1 here

Ode to Debt by Johnny Ferguson (Poetry Ireland)