BOYZONE - GATELY FUNERAL WILL BE 'BEST SEND-OFF EVER'

GATELY FUNERAL WILL BE 'BEST SEND-OFF EVER'

Tragic BOYZONE star STEPHEN GATELY's funeral will be "the best send-off" Ireland has ever seen, according to the band's manager LOUIS WALSH.
The No Matter What singer died at his home in Majorca, Spain from a build-up of fluid on his lungs on Saturday (10Oct09).
His fellow bandmates - Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy and Mikey Graham - will fly to the island on Friday (16Oct09) to accompany Gately's body back to his native Dublin before spending the night beside his coffin in a church.
A funeral service is planned for the following day - and music mogul Walsh predicts the people of Dublin will take to the streets to bid farewell to the popular singer.
Walsh says, "The boys will go to Majorca tomorrow (Friday) and bring him back to Dublin. They are going to stay with him all night in church because his mother says he wouldn't want to be alone. We are going to give him the best send-off ever in Dublin on Saturday."