Stephen Gately
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Stephen Patrick David Gately (17 March 1976 – October 10, 2009) was an Irish pop singer-songwriter, actor, children's writer, and dancer who, with Ronan Keating, was co-lead singer of the pop band Boyzone.
During Gately's lifetime, all of Boyzone's studio albums reached number one in the United Kingdom, with their third being their most popular internationally.
Gately's record-breaking sixteen straight singles climbed to the top of the UK Singles Chart with Boyzone.
He performed for millions of viewers around the world.
He released a solo album in 2000, following the company's initial slump and spawned three UK hit singles, including the top three on "New Beginning."
Gately went on to appear in stage productions and on television shows, as well as contributing songs to various projects.
He rejoined his colleagues in 2008 as Boyzone reformed for a series of concerts and recordings. Gately made his sexuality public in 1999 and came out in the midst of a storm of publicity.
He wed Andrew Cowles, first in a vow ceremony in Las Vegas in 2003 and more recently in a civil partnership ceremony in London in 2006.
Gately was one of the first gay couples in a boyband music video for "Better" in what was supposed to be his last with the band upon Boyzone's relaunch.
Gately died of a congenital heart disease in a house he and Cowles owned in Mallorca, Spain, on October 10, 2009.
"Stephen Gately's death marks the first time the boyband genre has had to cope with such tragedy," Brian Boyd of The Irish Times said.
Gately was lauded as a hero of LGBT rights by Tim Teeman of The Times (UK) for his reaction to being "smoked out of the closet."
Early life and family
In Dublin's working-class Sheriff Street neighborhood, Gately grew up in relative poverty. He was the fourth of five children; his father Martin, a former decorator, and Margaret (born 1949) a cleaner. Michelle, Tony, Alan, and Mark are among Michelle, Tony, Alan, and Mark's siblings. Throughout his life, he was remarkably close to sister Michelle. As a result of this, Gately's father had an accident and was hospitalized for three months starting in September 2004. His mother was then taken over as a full-time caregiver. At St Laurence O'Toole's and secondary school at North Strand Technical College, gately attended primary school. As a youth, he appeared in various musicals and theatre performances at school, including Juno and the Paycock. He was estranged from his parents for years, but he recovered with them in 2008 and spent time with Andrew Cowles that year.
Personal life
Gately came out gay in 1999 after learning that an acquaintance was going to announce the details of his sexual orientation to the public.
Gately suffered from depression and heroin use to prescription drugs from 2000 to 2002.
Andrew Cowles, an internet businessman, had been introduced to him by mutual friends Elton John and David Furnish. When on vacation in Las Vegas in 2003, Gately and Cowles held a vow ceremony in a wedding chapel. In a ceremony in London on 19 March 2006, Gately entered a civil partnership with Cowles. The couple lived in Highgate, north London, together. Gately reminisces about his village's love, saying he "wouldn't move away for the world." The place has a great vibe, and the staff are exemplary." The family's home was broken into by robbers who took £80,000 of the items, including a coveted Rolex watch that Gately had purchased with his first pay cheque in July 2009. Gately lived in London for the remainder of his life.
When he selected Gately for Boyzone, he was unaware of his sexuality, and he's now said that, if he had known, he would have considered twice before choosing him, saying that "having a gay guy in a band was not cool then." After the singer's death, Walsh described Gately as his "very, very best friend," claiming that "out of all the people I've worked with, I don't think anyone thanked me as much as Stephen." "If I wasn't in Boyzone, I don't know where I'd be today," he used to say to me.
Michael Jackson, who appeared at RDS Arena in 1997 when Jackson was embarking on his HIStory World Tour, was Gately's idol. Jackson died four months before he was scheduled to arrive in Gately.
Music career
Gately joined Boyzone upon their formation in 1993. The group became known in Ireland after an infamous appearance on The Late Late Show that year, which presenter Gay Byrne dismissed—although he later concluded: "They certainly had the last laugh on us". Boyzone's first success outside Ireland was when the song "Love Me for a Reason" reached number two in the UK Singles Chart in 1995. The group split suddenly following a string of performances in Dublin's Point Theatre in 2000. By the time Boyzone originally rested the band, they had achieved six number ones on the UK Singles Chart. They were considered a major pop band of the 1990s and had a much publicised rivalry with UK boy band Take That, even selling more singles than them. Gately shared the majority of lead vocal work with Ronan Keating.
A February appearance at the 2008 Meteor Awards relaunched the reformed Boyzone, with touring taking place throughout 2008. After his death, manager Louis Walsh described Gately as "the glue in Boyzone, he kept them all together". Keating informed the congregation at Gately's funeral that he had nicknames for them all; "the campest straight band in the world"—Rosaleen, Michaela, Kitty, Shanice and Stephanie.
After success with Boyzone, the band decided in 2000 to move on to solo projects. Gately was the first, with his debut solo single, "New Beginning", released on 29 May 2000. The single reached number three in the UK charts.
Two weeks later the album New Beginning was released and entered the charts. The album included twelve tracks including a version of the classic "Bright Eyes", which he recorded for the soundtrack to the TV version of Watership Down. He also voiced one of the characters in the series, Blackavar, which was created to look like him. His character only spoke for 3 episodes, before becoming a background character.
The second single taken from the album was "I Believe". Released on 2 October 2000, this song also featured on the soundtrack to the film Billy Elliot. The single just missed the UK top ten, peaking at number eleven. He attended the premieres of the film both at the Edinburgh Film Festival and at the Empire, Leicester Square, along with the stars of the film, Julie Walters and Jamie Bell. In May 2001, Gately's third single, "Stay", was released and reached number thirteen in the UK chart. That month, with his single still in the charts, his record company Polydor dropped him from their label.
In 2008 following his solo career and various bouts of acting and television appearances, Gately rejoined his old colleagues when Boyzone reformed, following the success of revived contemporaries Take That. Gately had been the most eager to reform and urged his bandmates to come together again. They sold out two more tours of the United Kingdom.
Boyzone released a brand new single, "Love You Anyway", followed by a new compilation album in October 2008. December 2008 saw the release of a second new single, "Better". The video for the song generated controversy, as scenes depicting romantic couples included a shot of two men embracing, in an inclusive nod to Gately's homosexuality. The group unanimously agreed that Gately should be allowed to pair with a male actor. It was condemned by, among others, the minister of the Dromore Reformed Presbyterian Church. Others, however, cite that milestone as among the reasons why Gately is a "gay rights hero". Wrote Tim Teeman of the Times Online, "Gately showed that an unflamboyant guy could be a pop star and gay...the real shame should be reserved for those managers and showbusiness power-brokers who practise that kind of discrimination, and also maintain the closet, to line their pockets."
At the time of Gately's death the group had selected thirty songs which they intended to record for a new album to be released in 2010. This was to have been followed by a tour.
Gately's vocals featured on Boyzone's final album, in a song called "I Can Dream". A video of the song was released on 15 June 2018, featuring images of Gately and Boyzone. The album was released on the 16 November 2018.