Musicians, actors and other celebrities paid tribute in London on Sunday to Boyzone star Stephen Gately whose death last month at the age of 33 shocked the pop world. As crowds of fans gathered in pouring rain outside a theatre in London's West End, stars filed inside for the private concert, including fellow Boyzone members Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch. Gately's parents as well as former prime minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie attended the event, reportedly... Read Full Story
Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, 33, died on Saturday while on holiday in Majorca off the coast of Spain, the Irish band with a string of hits in the 1990s said on its website. "Stephen tragically died yesterday whilst on holiday with his partner Andrew in Majorca," the site said on Sunday. The Boyzone members, including lead singer Ronan Keating, were heading to Majorca following news of the death. The circumstances surrounding Gately's death remained unclear but (Britain's) News of the World... Read Full Story
Boyzone lead singer Stephen Gately has died while on holiday in Majorca off the coast of Spain, the Irish band said on its website. He was 33. "Stephen tragically died yesterday whilst on holiday with his partner Andrew in Majorca," the website said on Sunday. The Boyzone members, including lead singer Ronan Keating, were heading to Majorca following news of the death. The circumstances surrounding Gately's death remained unclear but the News of the World said he died after a night out. "We... Read Full Story
Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web site Sunday. He was 33. Gately "tragically died" on Saturday while visiting the island of Mallorca, the band said in a brief statement. The cause of death was not immediately clear. Gerald Kean, a Gately family friend in Ireland, said he the singer died of natural causes, without identifying them. "There's no foul... Read Full Story
Boyzone star Stephen Gately has died while on holiday in Majorca off the coast of Spain, the Irish band said on its website. He was 33. "Stephen tragically died yesterday whilst on holiday with his partner Andrew in Majorca," the website said on Sunday. The Boyzone members, including lead singer Ronan Keating, were heading to Majorca following news of the death. The circumstances surrounding Gately's death remained unclear but the News of the World said he died after a night out. "We're all... Read Full Story
An autopsy on Boyzone singer Stephen Gately revealed that he died due to excess fluid in his lungs, a court spokeswoman on the Spanish island of Majorca said Tuesday. "He died a natural death of acute pulmonary oedema" which had nothing to do with any consumption of alcohol or drugs, said the spokeswoman in the Majorcan capital of Palma. A pulmonary oedema, or water on the lungs, can be due to either the failure of the heart to remove fluid from the lungs or direct damage to the lung tissue... Read Full Story
An autopsy on Boyzone singer Stephen Gately revealed that he died due to excess fluid in his lungs, a court spokeswoman on the Spanish island of Majorca said on Tuesday. "He died a natural death of acute pulmonary edema" which had nothing to do with any consumption of alcohol or drugs, said the spokeswoman in the Majorcan capital of Palma. A pulmonary edema can be due to either the failure of the heart to remove fluid from the lungs or direct damage to the lung tissue. Gately, 33, was found... Read Full Story
LONDON (Reuters) - Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, 33, who caused a sensation in the pop world 10 years ago by announcing he was gay, died while on holiday in Mallorca, Spain, the Irish pop group's official website said on Sunday. "Stephen tragically died whilst on holiday in Mallorca yesterday," the announcement said. It said Gately was staying on the Spanish holiday resort island with his partner, Andrew Cowles, and that other members of the band would fly there on Sunday. The News of the... Read Full Story
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A post mortem of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who died over the weekend in Majorca, Spain, should be carried out in the next few days and his body flown home to Ireland by the end of the week, his lawyer said. Gerald Kean also ruled out the possibility of suicide. "I'm absolutely satisfied, from the investigations that we've made, that that's not the case at all," Kean told the BBC. The 33-year-old singer, who caused a sensation in the pop world 10 years ago by... Read Full Story
Boyzone star Stephen Gately, whose body was found in a house on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, died of natural causes, according to autopsy results released Tuesday. A post-mortem showed Gately, an Irishman, died as a result of a pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs, the Balearic Islands Superior Justice Tribunal said in a statement. "The signer of the British group Boyzone died from natural causes, owing to an 'acute pulmonary edema'," the court statement said. "The autopsy... Read Full Story
