Stephen PatrickDavidgately (1March 197517-June 2009 10), born in Dublin, Ireland, is a pop singer, actor, children's writer, philanthropist and former dance teacher in ronan keating *.
Chinese name: Stephen Gately.
Mbth: StephenGately
Alias: Steo；; fellow townsman
Nationality: Ireland
Constellation: Pisces
Height: 5 _ 7 _ (170cm)
Place of birth: Dublin
Date of birth:1March 976 17.
Date of death: 65438+20091October 1 1.
Occupation: pop singer, actor, children's writer
Representative works: stay; A new beginning; I believe
Main achievements: 1999 hero selected for SmashHits magazine; Irish person of the year
Idol: Michael Jackson
The mantra: Cool!
Early years and family life
Stephen grew up in sheriff's block, a working-class residential area in Dublin, and his family's economic situation was relatively poor. The fourth of five children in his family; Father Martin is a former decorator, and mother Margaret (born in 1949) is a cleaner. His brothers and sisters are Michelle, Tony, Allen and Mark. Gator is a Catholic. He has been on good terms with his sister Michelle all his life. Stephen's father had an accident, so he had to be hospitalized for three months before September 2004. It's not that he can't work. His mother later became a full-time nanny.
Stephen goes to primary school in StLaurenceO'Toole and middle school in North Coast Technical College. As a teenager, he participated in various musicals and drama performances at school, such as Juno and Pecock. After years of estrangement from his parents, he reconciled with them in 2008 and visited them with Andrew Cowles (Steven's gay partner) that year.
In June 1999, when 23-year-old Stephen found someone trying to sell his gay story to the newspaper, Stephen resolutely decided to tell his fans frankly about his sexual orientation. Stephen, as one of the most popular members of the boy idol group in 10 years, has countless young fans, most of whom are women. It is very brave for him to come out openly and frankly, and it also breaks the barriers of gay artists in the past. In the colorful entertainment circle, Stephen still retains the essence of humility, gentleness, sensitivity and shyness. Fame and fortune have not changed him. He has always been loyal to himself. He admitted that when he decided to come out, he was really nervous about the public reaction he was about to face. Fortunately, other league members and loyal fans gave him the greatest support.
From 2000 to 2002, Stephen suffered from depression and prescription drug addiction.
Stephen started dating Andrew Kaul, a computer engineer, who was introduced to him by their friends elton john and David Furnish. Steven and Cowles got married in the wedding church while vacationing in Las Vegas in 2003. On March 9th, 2006, gately established a civil partnership with Cowles in a ceremony held in London. The couple live in the village of Heigert in north London. Stephen talked about his love for this village and said that he "will never leave this world. The atmosphere here is great and the people here are very smart. " In July 2009, their house was broken into by thieves. They took 80,000 pounds of things, including a precious Rolex watch, which Stephen bought with his first check. Stephen has worked in London all his life.
When his agent Louis Walsh didn't realize Stephen's sexual orientation, he chose him to join Boyzone, and said that if he knew, he would think about it before choosing him, claiming that less than a year before his death, "it's not cool that he had a homosexual in a band". After the singer died, Walsh described Stephen as his "very, very good friend". He said, "Of all the people I worked with, I don't think anyone thanked me like Stephen. He always said to me,' If I hadn't been in Boyzone, I don't know where I would be now, thank you for your help'.
undertaking
Like most children, Stephen dreamed of becoming famous and successful in the future when he was a child. His first chance to enter the entertainment circle was to beat 10,000 opponents of his age in the audition of the film TheCommitments and get a performance opportunity.
Boy zone (before reorganization)
Stephen joined Boyzone on 1993. This pop group became famous in the famous Irish talent show TheLateLateShow, but it was rejected by the host GayByrne-although he later concluded: "Of course they should have the last laugh". Subsequently, Boyzone released his first single "WorkingMyWayBacktoyou" in Ireland, and it was a great success.
In 1994, the second single "LoveMeForAReason" of the Boys' Zone Choir entered the second place in the British charts, and since then it has established the position of the Boys' Zone Choir as the most promising and exciting chief idol group that successfully entered the international stage from Ireland. The next singles "KeyToMyLife" and "SoGood" both won the third place, and the cover of CatStevens' classic song "FatherandSon" became their other runner-up single.
One hit song after another is constantly born. From BabyCanIHoldYou, Isn'tItAWonder to ILoveTheWayYouLoveMe, a series of champion singles and albums of Boyzone Choir have become the introductory guide and bible for all boy idol groups to enter the pop music world.
The brilliant achievements of the boys' choir in the SAR are also reflected in the numerous awards they have won. From the single PictureofYou, she won many awards from IvorNovelloAward to SmashHitsAwards, including "Best Combination" and "Best Hairstyle". In addition, they are also the record holders of the best-selling ComicRelief records, and their re-interpretation of "When Going to Get Stough" has sold more than 700,000 copies in the UK.
Since its debut, Boyzone Choir has set new ranking records for many times. They are the first group in history to have 65,438+04 TOP3 singles in a row, and the second group after the Beatles to have four consecutive albums airborne to the top of the British album gold chart.
In 2000, this pop group performed a series of performances at the Point Theatre in Dublin, but suddenly broke up due to discord among its members. They are considered as the main pop bands in the 1990s. They competed extensively with the British men's band TakeThat, and even sold more singles than them. Stephen and ronan patrick john keating are in charge of most of the lead singers.
In February 2008, Boyzone made a big splash at the 2008 Meteor Awards Ceremony and toured throughout 2008. After his death, manager LouisWalsh called gately "the glue of the boy zone, and he brought them together". RonanPatrickJohnKeating told the congregation at Steven's funeral that Steven had nicknamed everyone in the group, "the most straight male group in the world"-RonanKeating, Michella, KeithDuffy, Channis and Stephanie (Steven himself).
Solo career
Steven decided to start a personal project after the dissolution of the boy zone. Stephen released his first single "NewBeginning" on May 29th, 2000, and ranked third in the UK singles chart.
Two weeks later, the album "NewBeginning" was released and entered the charts. This album contains 12 songs, including the classic "Bright Eyes". NewBeginning/ Beautiful New Life describes his talent and his mental journey as an artist in the past seven years. It is also the starting point for Steven to stand alone and bid farewell to the past with his personal mood and career. He wrote this song with SimonClimie and AndersBagge. In addition, Steven also co-produced with Stucken, Rogers and legendary Steve MacSteve * * *, also named "NewBeginning/ Beautiful New Life", and will release his first solo album in June. Looking back on the seven years of the most successful boy idol group in history, Stephen got more than just thanks. "Many people think that we can't enter the market outside Ireland. We are confident of success, but you can never imagine how far it will go. We were really shocked when the career of the boys' choir began to take off. It's incredible! 」。
He recorded the soundtrack for the TV version of Water Park. He was also invited to voice the role of Blackavar in the play, which was drawn according to his appearance. Before becoming a background role, his role only played three episodes.
The second single in the album is I Believe. Released on June 2nd, 2000, 10, this song is also the soundtrack of the movie BillyElliot. Unfortunately, I missed the top ten in Britain and ranked eleventh. He attended the Edinburgh Film Festival and the premiere of the Imperial Leicester Square film, as well as movie stars Julie Walters and Jamie Bell. In May, 20001,gately's third single "Stay" ranked 13 in the British charts. That month, his single was still on the charts. Unfortunately, his record company Polydor fired him from their artists.
In 2007, Stephen recorded the last single "Son of Tomorrow" for the radio drama "Doctor Who".
Boy zone (after reorganization)
Boyzone, a boy group that once swept the world, is the most successful boy group in Irish history. After disbanding in June 5438+October 2000 10, after eight years, they regrouped and came back with their new album "Back Again No Matter What/The Great Tests". Now they are no longer boys, and this is no longer Boy Band. It seems better to call them men's bands.
Boyzone released a new single "LoveYouAnyway" on June 5438+ 10, 2008, and then released a new album. June 5438+February 2008, released the second single "Better". The video of this song is controversial because the scene depicting a romantic couple includes two men hugging and giving an inclusive nod to gately's homosexual behavior. The organization agreed that gately should be allowed to pair with actors. Among them, it was condemned by the reformed Presbyterian priest in Dromore. However, others regard this milestone as one of the reasons why gately has become a "gay rights hero". Tim Timon, the author of Time Online, said, "gately shows that a disgraced person may become a pop star and a homosexual ... The real shame should be left to the managers and power brokers who discriminate against others".
When gately died, the band chose 30 songs they planned to record in their new album released in 20 10. And held a BrotherTour global tour to commemorate Stephen.
Stephen's voice will be reproduced in Boyzone's last album (farewell album) with a song called "ICanDream". The video of this song was released on June 20 15 18, including images of Steven and Boyzone. This album will be released on 201811.061.06.
2065 438+09 Boyzone will be dissolved for various reasons.
Acting career
From June, 5438 to February, 2002, Stephen starred in Bill Kenwright's new work "Timmy Reese" and AndrewLloydWebber's "Joseph and AmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat", which was screened in Oxford in June, 5438+February, 2002 and went to Liverpool in Christmas, 2002. Finally, it was shown in West End of London and New London Theatre in February 2003, and gately's children's play "ChittyChittyBangBang" was shown in London Palladium Theatre from September 2004 to March 2005.
200 1 made a guest appearance on BBC4, and his own BBC sitcom was wonderful. At the beginning of this series, Parralo X.
Stephen made his pantomime debut at Churchill Theatre in bromley, and starred in Cinderella in Dantini from June 5438 to February 2005. In April 2006, he played Canterbury the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz at Marlowe Theatre.
Stephen also participated in the All-Star Talent Show of Channel 5 from June, 5438 to October, 2006/KLOC-0, and performed the slicing and dice magic that he only learned in one week, second only to tobias Tis. He also participated in ITV's second dance "nIce" with his partner KristinaLenko. They ranked eighth in 5438+00 on February 6, 2007.
June, 5438+October, 2007 10, Stephen's voice was heard in the horror movie of GlamRock, which was a DoctorWho audio drama produced by BigFinishProductions for BBC7. In this audio broadcast, Gately recorded an original song Childrenoftomorrow, the music of TimSutton and the lyrics of BarnabyEdwards; This is his first single since 200 1.
In September 2007, Stephen began to perform 1 1 week in Stephen Schwartz's rock musical "Godspell", but due to contract reasons, he quit production only three weeks later.
In 2008, Stephen starred in the independent horror film Credo, which was released in the United States and called Devil'sCurse.
charitable
Stephen is the deputy founder of the charity MissingPeople (formerly the national hotline for missing people) and supports them to provide hotline services for missing young people. He is the ambassador of Caldwell Children's Charity in Stoke, and once held a private Christmas performance, which raised thousands of pounds. Stephen's family asked to remember that Stephen's fans donated money to charity instead of sending them flowers. This, in turn, added thousands of pounds. On a visit to the hospital, he met a terminally ill child. She liked the jacket he was wearing so much that Steven gave it to the girl.
writing
In the three years before his death, Stephen had been writing a children's fantasy novel called The Tree of Seasons. In an interview with the Press Association in April 2009, he declared that he was almost finished, and some publishers were interested in it, hoping to release it in Christmas 2009. RonanKeating, a teammate of Boyzone, promised at Stephen's funeral that the book would be finished "with the help of the writer".
The Tree of Seasons was written in collaboration with Junek Siding and Jules Williams. Based on Gade's handwritten manuscript, he just finished the first draft on the day of his death. The book was published in Britain and Ireland on May 3, 20 10, and was written by Hod&; Published by stoughton. It is prefaced by EltonJohn and DavidFurnish and explained by KeithWilson. Tree of the Four Seasons has been one of the top ten bestsellers for three weeks in a row. The paper version was released in April of 20 1 1 year.
accidental death
On the morning of June, 2009 10, local time, Stephen died at his home in Puerto Andreas, Mallorca. His body was found late in the morning. His death was later confirmed as pulmonary edema caused by undiagnosed congenital heart disease.
Steven and his partner Cowles spent the night at the Black Cat Club in Palma, the capital of Mallorca. They went back to the man who met them that night, GeorgiDochev, a Bulgarian. Dorchev lives in the spare bedroom. According to Dochev, when he was about to leave, he found Stephen's body lying on the sofa. When he found out, he called Cowles, and Cowles slept alone in the couple's bedroom. However, Steven's lawyer and family friend Gerald Keane insisted that Cowles was the first person to find Steven's body. Cowles warned the Spanish police at1:45pm after he tried to help Stephen recover his heart. Stephen was squatting on the sofa in his pajamas in an awkward position. The police said that they had no reason to believe that the death was related to drug or alcohol abuse, and no suicide records or signs of violence were found. GeraldKean, a spokesman for the Stephen family, said suicide had been ruled out and described it as "just a tragic accident". Getty has been Stephen's lawyer throughout his career. He told ronan patrick john keating that Stephen had passed away.
Members of Boyzone flew to Mallorca on June 5438+1October 1 1. KeithDuffy, MichaelGraham, RonanKeating and others in ShaneLynch issued a joint statement:
Losing our friend and brother Stephen broke our hearts. Over the years, we have shared such a wonderful time together and look forward to sharing more. Stephen is a man with beautiful body and mind. He lit up our lives and the lives of many of his friends around the world. We expressed our love and sympathy to Andrew and Stephen's family. We love you and miss you forever, Steo.
Autopsy and toxicological examination were carried out on June, 5438+03 10, which showed that Gately died of natural causes. He died of congenital heart disease. Toxicology also confirmed Steven's partner Cowles's statement that he had been smoking marijuana that night.
10 10 16, accompanied by four other Boyzone members, his body was transported from Mallorca to Dublin, and his funeral was held in St. Lawrence Authour Church the next day. The four surviving members of Boyzone held a vigil in the church the night before. Thousands of fans, celebrities and politicians attended the funeral. The then Irish Prime Minister also attended the funeral. Fans came from Nottingham, South Africa and Taiwan Province Province to attend the funeral. Later that afternoon, he was cremated in a private ceremony. Stephen's coffin was brought into the church by his band members, and RonanKeating made a eulogy, during which he cried many times and apologized to the congregation. KeithDuffy recalls, "He told LouisWalsh that he was 5' 7". Later, when he auditioned for The Hobbit, he said he was 5' 3 ". But he is a real giant. MikeyGraham said Stephen told him how much he liked Cowles last week, adding, "When he came out, he finally became himself." . The funeral clashed with bertie ahern's niece's wedding, and several of her guests defected to attend the funeral.
reaction
Fans responded with sympathetic messages on Twitter and Facebook. Fans donated thousands of pounds to a children's charity in Stoke, which was approved by Stephen. Google's search for "Stephen Gately" was called "exponential rise" and remained at the top of the list for several days after the singer's death. It was later confirmed that the most frequently searched topic on Google UK website was in the search terms described in 2009. The search ranking of "Boyzone" is also very high, sandwiched between "Steven gately" and "Nobel Prize". Boyzone's record rankings are on the music charts again. Stephen's single "NoMatterWhat" played at home has been played many times on the radio.
Boyzone's agent, Louis Walsh, said, "We were all completely destroyed. I was completely stunned. He and I were still attending an award ceremony on Monday. We don't quite know what happened. I just listened to X Factor》(Walsh British TV talent show with Walsh as a judge). We will unite as one this week. He is a great man. " Walsh quit the live results program of XFactor on June 65438+1October 65438+1October 2009, which was the direct result of Stephen's death. SimonCowell solved this problem at the beginning of the plan. He said: "This is true and very sad news. I want to express my condolences to my family. Our ideas are the same as Louis's. " That version of the program attracted an "absolutely huge number" of viewers, who were said to have been looking for the latest news of the singer's death. Walsh didn't appear in the second week of XFactor, which was Stephen's funeral. -Comment: "I don't want to watch this program at home anymore. I have been there. I shouted on TV all night, "-Walsh is so sad. "Band member KeithDuffy's stage performance MyFirstTime was cancelled. Duffy, Graham, Keating and Lynch were all tattooed with "76-09" when they brought gately's body home (the year when Stephen was born and died).
Irish Boy Band Westlife said: "We are as shocked as others. We met StephenGately at the beginning of 1998, and we have seen him many times since then. He and Boyzone boys paved the way for Westlife (Westlife was responsible for preheating Boyzone's concert gap at the beginning of his debut). Our thoughts are the same as Andy and his family, his friends, his large number of fans and, of course, his band members Keith, Mickey, Shane and Ronan. They are heartbroken at the loss of a truly beautiful person. " . Former TaoiseachBertieAhern said, "It's really sad, Boyzone and Stephen. They are all part of Irish life, which is more extensive than the past 15 years and so successful, so this is a huge, huge tragedy. He is 33 years old, 15 top musician, which is a great tragedy for Irish entertainment circle, Irish music circle and even a wider range. MartinCullen, Irish Minister of Arts, Sports and Tourism, praised: "Stephen Gately is a talented young man with a gift for singing. As a member of Boyzone, he is also a West Side star, which has brought him great success. As for his music production, he died at a young age, which is both a personal loss and a professional loss. Andrew lloyd webber said it was "a great loss for the music industry". Elton john said that when they heard the news, he and his partner David Furnish were "stunned". A few weeks before her death, KatherineJenkins started talking about Cherishing Memories 2 one night. Stephen Fry described Gade's death as "a terrible blow". This should not happen. This is not in the script, "said PaulGambaccini, a music historian.
Paul O'Grady, a famous British TV personality, said that he was "troubled" by Stephen's death and decided to return to ITV from Channel 4 when he was on the phone with Louis Walsh, during which they discussed Gator's death. Bono later paid tribute to Steven at U2' s U2360 World Tour Concert.
Daily mail article
On June 65438+1October 65438+June 2009, an article published by JanMoir in the Daily Mail claimed: "A healthy 33-year-old man should not only climb into his pajamas, but also sleep on the sofa, otherwise he will never wake up. For whatever reason. Death is that it is not any standard, it is natural. " She thinks that Stephen's death will be the culprit of drugs and "dangerous lifestyle".
Moir's article submitted more than 25,000 complaints to the Press Complaints Committee (PCC) that day, causing its website to crash for several hours. DerrenBrown and StephenFry launched online activities for the Daily Mail and JanMoir on Twitter all afternoon, and set up a Facebook page, urging fans to complain to brands where advertisements and articles appeared at the same time. Frye wrote, "I collected a disgusting paper, and no one wrote it. No one would be regarded as dead and wrote something disgusting and inhuman." "If the spread of gately leads to the accountability of today's sewer news, we may regard it as a tribute," Brown wrote. Father Ted and IT crowd writer graham linehan called for a total boycott of the Daily Mail, and wrote on Twitter, "Which brands advertise in the mail? Do they know the works of Jane Moore? ..... what will they do? " Details of the company that advertised on the website where Moore's article was located were posted on a specially established Facebook page entitled "The Daily Mail should take back Zhan Moore's hate and gay articles". According to the Guardian's detailed information about Moore's residence, it was posted on the Internet, and the Daily Mail reported Cowles's repeated false rumors on Twitter that Gator was the murderer.
For the retailer Marks &; For Spencer, this incident became very serious, requiring newspapers to delete service advertisements near articles. The company issued a statement: "Mark &; Spencer does not tolerate any form of discrimination. " Nestle also disagreed with this article, saying that Moore's words contradicted the company's values of "mutual respect and tolerance regardless of culture, religion or nationality". The company's Nestle coffee brand is on display with the article.
Subsequently, the Daily Mail deleted all advertisements in the online version of the article. The publication also tried to change the original title, but this only succeeded in further inspiring the public. Moore responded to the controversy by criticizing what she called "an obviously well-planned Internet movement" and saying that "extreme pranks show that my article has homosexual and paranoid connotations".
The Guardian trumpeted Charlie Brooker, while "trying to absorb the pure range of hateful idiots", accusing her of "dancing" in gately's grave, and he was even buried. The Caitlin Moran Times article called it "despicable". The editor of Attitude, a British gay magazine, questioned why Moore linked Gatt's death with the recent suicide of comedian matt lucas's former partner, and asked, "If that's not homophobia, then what is homophobia? Damian Thompson of the Daily Telegraph said that the Moore Committee contacted the gately family and investigated whether they had received their formal complaints, but said that they could not take direct action against the public's complaints. A spokesman for PCC said: "We are trying to find out the contents of the complaint. Aggressiveness is not within PCC's mandate-we are dealing with accuracy and invasiveness. " However, this column was only published in British newspapers and was deleted from the Irish Post. Instead, it is a positive contribution to the singer's life. According to Sky News, Stephen's family said that they knew this article, but they had not read it. They won't read it, but they know the contents, and they are very disappointed. "
In Ireland itself, former Taoist bertie ahern said, "Some newspapers are waiting to write sensational articles about him, and I can never understand why people don't simplify things." The boss of a radio station called on people to write to express their different opinions. He commented, "We are all insulted by such reports. I certainly hope that the Irish will force the editor of the newspaper to apologize for the harm caused by this article. Scotland yard received a complaint. Stephen's record company also filed a complaint with PCC. PCC did not insist on the complaint and said, "It found that the article caused some offence, but there was not enough evidence to prove that it violated the law. Tony Cornell, a lawyer in charge of complex cases at CPS in London, said: "In reaching this conclusion, I am particularly concerned about Article 10 of the Human Rights Law, which protects individual freedom of speech. This freedom also applies to established legal principles. Although the complainant and many others find this article unpleasant, it does not mean that its publication is illegal information and ideas.