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Boyzone bandmates to carry Gately coffin
Thursday 15 October 2009
Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy and Mikey Graham will be helped by two members of the late singer's immediate family.
Leave a tribute to Stephen Gately here.
Thousands of fans are expected to pay their respects as Stephen's funeral is held at St Laurence O'Toole's Church on Sherriff Street, yards from where the Boyzone star grew up.
"Stephen's husband Andrew and his family have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from the public," family spokesman Gerald Kean told Sky News Online.
"This is an extremely difficult time for the family but they are lifted by the fact everyone who ever met Stephen Gately had positive, happy memories.
"He was a unique, beautiful young man."
The singer's parents Martin and Margaret and his siblings Michelle, Tony, Alan and Mark are likely to be joined by his celebrity friends for Saturday's service.
The funeral mass starts at midday.
Meanwhile Residents of Dublin's north inner city are playing their part in saying goodbye to one of their most loved sons this weekend.
They have started a big clean-up of the area ahead of the funeral of the late Boyzone singer.
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