STEPHEN GATELY: 17th March 1976 – 10th October 2009
Boyzone singer Stephen Gately has died in his sleep, following a night out whilst on holiday with his partner, Andrew Cowles, in Majorca.
The circumstances surrounding his death remained unclear but News of the World newspaper reported he died after a night out. Boyzone manager Louis Walsh said “We’re all absolutely devastated.” He said: “I’m in complete shock. I was only with him on Monday at an awards ceremony. We don’t know much about what’s happened yet… He was a great man.”
The rest of the Boyzone members are said to be flying to Majorca this morning, Shane Lynch said: “Me and the boys are flying out in the morning, We just need to get over to where he’s passed and work out what we need to do.”
Stephen married his partner Andrew in a civil ceremony in 2006, after totally devastating most of the UK’s teenage girls with his announcement that he was gay.
He joined Boyzone in 1993 after answering an advert and auditioning in Dublin, the band went on to major success and to date have had six number one singles.
He also went on to star on the west end stage in “Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”.
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