London,
(ANI):
The
music
world
is
shocked
with
the
untimely
death
of
Boyzone
star
Stephen
Gately.
His
bandmates,
Ronan
Keating,
Keith
Duffy,
Mikey
Graham
and
Shane
Lynch,
said:
"We
are
completely
devastated
by
the
loss
of
our
friend
and
brother,
Stephen.
"We
have
shared
such
wonderful
times
together
over
the
years
and
were
all
looking
forward
to
sharing
many
more.
"Stephen
was
a
beautiful
person
in
both
body
and
spirit.
He
lit
up
our
lives
and
those
of
the
many
friends
he
had
all
over
the
world.
"Our
love
and
sympathy
go
out
to
Andrew
and
Stephen''s
family.
We
love
you
and
will
miss
you
forever,
''Steo''." Sir
Elton
John
and
partner
David
Furnish
also
sent
their
condolences
to
Gately"s
gay
partner.
"David
and
I
are
stunned
by
this
tragedy.
Stephen
was
the
kindest,
gentlest
soul,"
the
Sun
quoted
John
as
saying.
“We
send
our
love
and
condolences
to
his
partner
Andy
and
to
all
his
friends
everywhere,"
he
added.
Former
Spice
Girl
Emma
Bunton
also
expressed
her
sadness
through
a
post
on
social
networking
website
Twitter.
She
said:
"Devastating
news
about
Stephen
Gately,
I
saw
him
Monday
and
had
a
chat,
he
was
always
such
a
sweetheart.
Thinking
of
his
family
at
this
time."