Stephen Gately has died

[Meh]

The bloke who was with them that night, has come out and said what happened... thats what Jan Muir was referring too, She would have to be careful what she wrote incase Stephen's hubby sued her....etc...Why people are being soooo precious over it is beyond me... she is just stating what a sad death it was... which I have to agree.

Ah, that's what I didn't get reading the article. Maybe my mind isn't as dirty as a welsh railway track

That's no different from heterosexual swingers though.

[StarsOfCCTV]

Charlie Brooker sums her article up quite nicely I think.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...ately-jan-moir

[Siobhan]

I thought the funeral was very moving... really sad.. RIP Stephen

[Perdita]

It really was. I was able to watch it on tv just for a short time because I got so upset.

[sindydoll]

I thought the funeral was very moving... really sad.. RIP Stephen

was it near where you live

[Siobhan]

I thought the funeral was very moving... really sad.. RIP Stephen

was it near where you live

Not far.. it is about 30 mins in a car away... I didn't go as I explained to Perdy, I am not a celeb hunter and will say goodbye to Stephen in my own way... I watched it on TV and was very moved by it, especially the speech from the rest of the guys

[lizann]

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news...en-gately.html

This is the dramatic moment Louis Walsh flinched as he was hugged by Stephen Gately's husband yesterday - revealing the secret tensions behind the star's funeral.

The Boyzone mentor and X Factor judge pulls back, clenches his fists in frustration and makes no effort to share the embrace with an emotional Andy Cowles.

Stephen's family also gave Cowles the cold shoulder, avoiding him at the service.

He was not embraced by Stephen's parents Martin and Margaret, who shared warm hugs with the Boyzone singers.

And it was telling the Boyzone stars and family members wore splashes of Stephen's favourite colour red in a tribute but Cowles did not. Stephen's brothers and sister also kept their distance from Cowles. A source revealed that, tragically, Stephen had spent recent years in a feud with his family over Cowles - who they did not think was right for their beloved son.

Louis, who described Stephen as his very best friend, never forgave internet entrepreneur Cowles for his attack on the Boyzone star outside London's famous Ivy restaurant six years ago.

Gately himself dismissed it as a tiff. But the pictures tell a different story, with a menacing-looking Cowles gripping his new partner in a headlock.

Louis pointedly did not attend either their 2003 commitment ceremony in Las Vegas or their London civil partnership ceremony in 2006 because of his opinion of Cowles. A source revealed: "Louis had his concerns about Andy, especially after their big bust-up outside The Ivy. He missed their civil union, which surprised a lot of people.

"Louis is very fair-minded but he always wanted what was best for Stephen. He was protective of him."

The tension between Cowles and Stephen's family was also blamed on the pavement bust-up.

The pair had been dining with pals and started bickering. When they decided to take it outside, Stephen got caught in a headlock by Cowles. Stephen later played down the incident afterwards and Cowles said: "We've never hit each other before. It was just a tipsy bitch-slap situation."

But photographer Greg Brennan, who stepped in to break up the fight, has a different recollection.

He told the News of the World: "This was no lovers' tiff. It was far more serious. Andrew gave Stephen a pounding.

"Andrew was punching and kicking him. I had to do something. He was kicking him in the head. I managed to drag Andrew off and Stephen ran back to the restaurant to clean himself up.

"There was some blood and he was crying his eyes out.

"A policeman saw what had happened and Stephen just passed it off as a tiff but it was pure domestic violence in my eyes. I have seen a lot of celebrities getting into fights in my time but this was one of the worst. Poor Stephen took a load of shots to the head with both fists and feet. It was bang out of order."

Last night a pal of the singer revealed the extent of the family feud.

"It's unbelievably tragic. Stephen had no contact with Margaret or Martin up until a year ago.

"He wasn't friendly with them at all because of his marriage to Andy, who they just couldn't accept. They didn't go to either of their civil unions in Las Vegas or London.

"They were worried about Stephen and his marriage and his future. The closeness they once had was fundamentally damaged.

"They tried to patch things up over the last year but things were never the same. Andy is a constant reminder of that for them."

The friend added: "Margaret is completely haunted by their final years. She loved Stephen more than anything and wishes it hadn't been that way now."

Before his death Stephen admitted the rift, saying: "It was crazy because you need your family and I isolated myself to a degree."

check out the pictures

Bulgarian Georgi Dochev is trying to steal his story to the highest bidder

[Siobhan]

I wished they would all just leave him alone and let him rest in peace. There is an old wives tale over here and it goes

"happy in the bride the sun shines on, happy is the corpse the rain rains on"..

We had one of our best days in Ireland on Saturday for a long time, warm sunshine.. Stephen did not die happy if this is to be believed

[Perdita]

STEPHEN Gately’s family have pledged to stand by his husband Andrew Cowles and vow there will be “no fight” over the Boyzone star’s £10 million will.

The singer’s devastated mother Margaret said she is going to love Andrew and be there for him.

She and Andrew dressed Stephen’s body in his favourite black suit and white shirt before the star-studded funeral and wake. She added: “He’s one of the family – Stephen loved him with all his heart and he made my son happy.

“I asked Stephen when they got together if it was love and he said it was more than anything he’d ever found. He was besotted.”

There had been speculation about how the boyband legend’s estimated £10 million fortune would be split.

Stephen, 33, and Andrew, 32, married in 2006, giving him legal rights to the performer’s London home and Majorca apartment.

However, a family source said there would be no fight over the will.

Margaret gave a touching tribute to her son after his funeral on Saturday in Dublin attended by thousands. “He was a wonderful son,” she said.

“Today was a testament to Stephen. He made an impression on the world and he won’t be forgotten.” She revealed she fully supported her son when he came out as gay in 1999.

“It wasn’t a big deal,” she said. “I knew he was gay. People need to move with the times.”

Heart-broken Andrew came face-to-face with Stephen’s first love Eloy De Jong at the funeral.

The Dutch singer, 36, dated the pop star for more than three years before they split in 2002. Eloy said he had asked permission to come to the funeral.

X Factor judge Louis Walsh, 57, denied reports that he and Andrew had “secret tensions” stemming from an allegation he broke up a fight between the couple. Louis insisted: “I don’t know where this story came from.”

Soon-to-be released toxicology reports will show Stephen had traces of cannabis in his system so slight that could have been smoked ‘days before’ the singer travelled to Majorca on holiday.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view...hen-s-husband/

[Siobhan]

The bloke who was with them that night, has come out and said what happened... thats what Jan Muir was referring too, She would have to be careful what she wrote incase Stephen's hubby sued her....etc...Why people are being soooo precious over it is beyond me... she is just stating what a sad death it was... which I have to agree.

Ah, that's what I didn't get reading the article. Maybe my mind isn't as dirty as a welsh railway track

That's no different from heterosexual swingers though.

From reading what was written and reading what is been said over here.. the guy "they brought home" was not a stranger, he was a friend of theirs. There was cannibis found in his blood but it was a few days old, yet this is not mentioned

What I got from this was that hubby and "stranger" (ha!) was doing the business while Stephen was getting out of his face on drugs... Lets pretend "strange" was female, lets pretend Stephen was female, would Jan be going on about how "marriage" is wrong??
This is what she is suggesting about civil partnerships!!