Emotional tributes to Stephen Gately

Stephen Gately's Boyzone bandmates have paid tribute to the singer at his funeral in Dublin. Boyzone's Ronan Keating sobbed as he told mourners at St Laurence O'Toole Church that the world had lost one of its greatest stars. He said: "We have lost our brother and I've lost my wing man. He will live on in our songs and whenever us four are together his spirit is alive. For Stephen we'll carry on, but it will never be the same without him. A beautiful man who is now the perfect angel. Forever young and never forgotten." Keating and the remaining bandmates Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy joined family, neighbours and celebrity friends for the emotional farewell. Around 3,500 fans listened outside as Keating, Duffy and Graham remembered their friend before singing together in a musical tribute. Boyzone's manager Louis Walsh said: "Stephen was one of life's positive people with a lovely nature and he was someone who always had a smile on his face. "He loved to laugh and joke and was always the life and soul of the party and would give everyone he met his time." Gately was found dead last Saturday after a night out with his partner Andrew Cowles and friend Georgi Dochev on the holiday island of Majorca. A post-mortem examination found he died from natural causes, the medical report recording pulmonary oedema or fluid on the lungs. His body was flown home on a private plane with Mr Cowles and the remaining Boyzone members, who have had tattoos in honour of Gately with the letter "S" and dates "76 09" etched on their skin.

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ITN | October 17, 2009

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