Ronan Keating Reflects on Boyzone Colleague Stephen Gately’s Death Anniversary | backbiting

“Thirteen years old and it doesn’t get any easier,” writes Keating. “Because I know how much life you had in you. I miss you friend.”

Keating shares ten photos from different eras, from Boyzone’s early years to Gately’s subsequent friendship.

Gately was found dead in an apartment in Mallorca on 10 October 2009 by her husband Andrew Cowles. It later became clear that the singer was struggling with a congenital heart condition, which had never been noticed before. Gately was 33.