R.I.P. Stephen Gately

According to the Associated Press Stephen Gately a member of the 90's Irish boy band Boyzone died in Spain while on vacation at the age of 33. Details are not known about his death but it comes as a stunner to his bandmates and the whole Irish community. Boyzone was created by manager Louis Walsh who saw the success of the British boy group Take That and wanted to do the same thing with Irish boys. Gatley made headlines in 1999 when he came out of the closet and admitted that he was gay when prior to that rumors had been swirling around for years during Boyzone's heyday. They were in the midst of a comeback tour and for pop music fans around the world it is a sad lost. R.I.P. Stephen Gately.