Stephen Gately funeral mourners praise 'brother, son and hero'
Fans, bandmates, celebrities and friends gather in Dublin to bid farewell to Boyzone star and heap scorn on tabloid claimsClapping and cheering echoed through the inner city streets where Stephen Gately grew up today as the diverse worlds of pop celebrity and a working class Dublin community united to say farewell to the Boyzone star.Three and a half thousand people stood behind crash barriers outside the St Laurence O'Toole Memorial Church while 600 mourners inside heard Gateley's bandmate Rona...
Reuters — DUBLIN (Reuters) - Some 3,000 people lined the streets on Saturday for the funeral of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who died on the island of Majorca a week ago.
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The Independent — The world has "lost one of its brightest stars", the singer Ronan Keating told mourners who gathered yesterday for the funeral of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately. more info
Scotsman.com — THEY came in their thousands – some from the other side of the world – to be united in grief for a young Irish singer whose life had been cut tragically sho... more info
Star Online, Malaysia — DUBLIN (AP): Hundreds of fans crowded streets around a Dublin church Saturday for the funeral of Irish singer Stephen Gately, who died from pulmonary edema, or fluid in t... more info
Guardian Music — Fans, bandmates, celebrities and friends gather in Dublin to bid farewell to Boyzone star and heap scorn on tabloid claimsClapping and cheering echoed through the inner c... more info