Boyzone church vigil on eve of Stephen Gately funeral

Grieving Boyzone bandmates plan to stay in the church with Stephen Gately's body the night before his funeral.

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Ronan Keating, 32, Mikey Graham, 37, Shane Lynch, 33, and Keith Duffy, 35, have taken the decision because Gately "would not want to be there on his own", a source close to the group revealed.

The bandmates will fly to Majorca, Spain, today to bring the singer's body home, before it is taken to a funeral home tomorrow for a family viewing.

The body will then be moved to St Laurence O'Toole Church in Dublin, where the funeral will take place on Saturday.

Gately, 33, was found dead at his holiday apartment in Majorca on Saturday, where he and civil partner, Andrew Cowles, 32, were staying.

Gately died of natural causes after a fatal build-up of fluid in the lungs.