SPAIN: Autopsy finds fluid on the lungs killed Boyzone singer Stephen Gately

Record ID: 798223

  • Title: SPAIN: Autopsy finds fluid on the lungs killed Boyzone singer Stephen Gately
  • Date: 15th October 2009
  • Summary: PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 13, 2009) (REUTERS) (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF FORENSIC HOSPITAL "INSTITUTO MEDICO LEGAL" WHERE STEPHEN GATELY'S BODY WAS HELD FOR AUTOPSY/ DOCTOR ENTERING HOSPITAL JOURNALISTS OUTSIDE HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF FUNERAL CAR ENTERING HOSPITAL BODY IN BAG BEING CARRIED FROM HOSPITAL INTO THE CAR JOURNALISTS FUNERAL CAR LEAVING HOSPITAL/ JOURNALISTS RUNNING AFTER CAR GUARD CLOSING GATES AT HOSPITAL COURT IN MALLORCA WHERE ANDREW COWELS, STEPHEN GATLEY'S PARTNER, WAS GIVING STATEMENT MEDIA IN CORRIDOR INSIDE COURT ANDREW COWELS SURROUNDED BY MEDIA VARIOUS OF COWELS LEAVING COURT COWELS GETTING INTO CAR AND LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 30th October 2009 12:00
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  • Location: Spain
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Entertainment,Obituaries
  • Reuters ID: LVA7IECM651Y3BIEC6T6EDVL0Z6G
  • Story Text: A post mortem carried out on Boyzone singer Stephen Gately on the Spanish island of Majorca revealed on Tuesday (October 13) that he died of fluid on the lungs, a court official said.
    The preliminary findings of the post mortem were given to the deceased Irish singer's partner Andrew Cowles by the judge of Court number 10 in Palma de Mallorca.
    Following the autopsy, Gately's body was transferred to a morgue to be prepared for repatriation into the U.K.
    The 33-year-old was on holiday with Cowles when he was found dead in their apartment in the resort of Port Andrax in the early hours of Saturday after a night on the town, according to newspaper reports.
    The Boyzone quintet was put together by pop impresario Louis Walsh, who also assembled Girls Aloud and Westlife, and was most popular in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Britain.
    The band split up in 2000 when Ronan Keating set off on a solo career, but they reunited for various events in 2007-2008.
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