BOYZONE UK NUMBER ONE HITS
- Words - October 1996
- **A Different Beat **- December 1996
- **All That I Need **- May 1998
- **No Matter What **- August 1998
- When The Going Gets Tough - March 1999
- **You Needed Me **- May 1999
**The death of Boyzone star Stephen Gately remains shrouded in mystery amid reports he died after a marathon drinking session.**The Irish singer died suddenly at the age of 33 while on holiday in Majorca.
A spokesman for Gately’s family attributed his death to natural causes and ruled out drugs and suicide.
Newspaper reports have claimed he spent up to eight hours drinking on Friday night and choked to death on his vomit while asleep after a night’s clubbing.
Gately’s bandmates, who arrived in Majorca on Sunday night, described him as “our friend and brother” and said he “lit up our lives”.
Boyzone manager Louis Walsh pulled out of Sunday’s X Factor show, where judge Simon Cowell paid tribute to Gately.
Gately was on holiday with his long-term partner Andy Cowles, who was introduced to him by Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish, and married in a civil partnership in 2006.
Gately’s boy band enjoyed huge success in the 1990s, scoring six UK number one singles.
They reformed in 2007 before embarking on a string of comeback concerts and were planning to release a new album next year.
A statement from the four remaining members of Boyzone said: "We have shared such wonderful times together over the years and were all looking forward to sharing many more.
“Stephen was a beautiful person in both body and spirit. Our love and sympathy go out to Andrew and Stephen’s family. We love you and will miss you forever.”
Irish solicitor Gerald Kean, a spokesman for Gately’s family, said: "There’s no foul play involved and it’s not suicide.
"It’s just a tragic accident is what we’ve been told and we’re happy that that is correct information.
“There is nothing untoward, it’s not drugs, we don’t believe, it’s not suicide, it’s not murder, it’s not a fight. That’s what we’ve been told.”
The family hope to have the remains returned to Ireland by the end of the week for the funeral in Dublin, he added.
A post mortem will take place in Spain on Tuesday.
Police said they were called to a house near Port d’Andratx on the western tip of the island on Saturday afternoon.
“At the moment it is not known how he died,” a police spokesman said. “There are no signs of suspicious circumstances.”