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By Jason Gregory On October 19, 2009

Boyzone Toast Stephen Gately With Champagne And Fond Memories During Emotional Wake

After funeral in Dublin...

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Boyzone Toast Stephen Gately With Champagne And Fond Memories During Emotional Wake
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The four remaining members of Boyzone put on an emotional wake for their late bandmate Stephen Gately on Saturday night.

The celebration, which took place after the singer's funeral in Dublin, attracted guests including Boyzone manager Louis Walsh and Westlife.

David Furnish, partner of Elton John, and singer Shayne Ward were also among mourners at the Four Seasons hotel.

According to The Sun newspaper, the wake included a champagne reception and four course meal.

And as the night went on, guests continued to toast Gately, who was found dead in his apartment in Majorca earlier this month.


Members of Boyzone carry Stephen Gately's coffin at funeral in Dublin.

A source said: "It was a great celebration of his life and his family were delighted.

"There were stories told late into the night and the Boyzone lads, Louis and Westlife stayed up reminiscing about Stephen.”

"Many of the guests just stayed for a couple of hours but the rest wanted to hold on to their last day with Stephen for as long as possible,” the source added.


Boyzone fans remember the late Stephen Gately at Dublin funeral.

Earlier in the day, family, friends and thousands of fans paid held their last respects to Gately during a funeral at St Laurence O'Toole's church.

The service included an emotional eulogy from Boyzone's Ronan Keating, who said the world had lost “a man, a friend, a brother, a son a husband and a hero”.

A post-mortem last week ruled that Gately had died of natural causes. He was 33.

Stephen Gately - RIP

Stephen Gately with a fresh-faced Boyzone during a visit to Miami shortly after he joined the band in 1993.

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