Stephen Gately of Boyzone Passes Away...

How would you feel if you were having a great time reminiscing over some old treasured memory of someone that you haven't seen in a very long time & you were laughing your head off nearly having a headache from all the silly old memories of your happier old days...

then, just a little while later, you are struck with the news of the death of that person you were just remembering?

Well, I'm going through all that right now.

I was looking at some old box of some stuff I had from my teenage years. Every now & then the room would erupt in laughter as I find one precious thing after another. Instantly, I would travel back in time (who says we can't do that?!!!) to the time where I first had/used those things... Old pictures of friends... old birthday cards.. I even got a secret valentine's day???!! (not a secret really, lol, it just wasn't signed & I don't remember who gave me that! lol)... but one of the most highlights of the findings are some old posters I had of my beloved bands & some old copied magazine articles & interviews...

I was having the greatest time... traveling back in memory line...

I would look at this pic of this person & go wow! omg, look at him so young! hee hee & then I would laugh at another's pic... & so on...

Some felt like looking at for the first time...

I then, gently put everything back... & start inspecting other stuff... forgetting the pics for a while...

Then, just about an hour later (or more), I was having lunch & watching the TV. I had the BBC on, (of ALL days!). I wasn't really tuning in as my little nephew & niece were at my legs. Was flicking through the channels prior t0 that, in fact. But what left me keeping the channel, is that I spotted the name Stephen Gately written on the screen...

Instantly, I was like, huh? Stephen is on the news? Why is he on the news? I couldn't read the whole caption, nor that I have fully listened to the full news headline...

So I had to eagerly wait for the news segment to come on later...

Throughout my waiting, several possibilities of what the news was about started swirling in my mind... but none of them really seemed satisfying. Why would he appear on the News??! It's not like he's that famous. A new album? No! A tour? No! Is it because of the BBC? Maybe he occasionally appeared on it? But no...

What IS IT??!!

Then, after what seemed like a long time (which really was), the segment finally came on. I was all ears.

All I could remember now was ... "Stephen Gately" ... "died" .... "he was 33."...

I was like, what? huh? What?

Did he just say "Died"?

But the later ... "He was 33." confirmed it. I did hear him say "died."

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Goodbye, Stephen...

You Will Never Be Forgotten, & Will Always be Missed.

Thank You for the Happy Memories & Joy you brought into our Lives.

You Will Always Be Loved & Remembered.

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Edited on Nov. 2. 09 (note below picture was added)