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Gately of Irish boy band Boyzone dies in Mallorca

Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web site Sunday. He was 33. Gately "tragically died" on Saturday while visiting the Spanish island of Mallorca, the band said in a brief statement. It was not immediately clear how he died. "At present we don't have too many details. The rest of the boys will be traveling to Majorca later this morning," the statement said. Gately and his partner Andrew Cowles were in Mallorca together, the statement said. They were wed in a civil union in 2006. Boyzone was a U.K. hitmaker in the 1990s and announced a comeback tour at the end of last year. The group's manager Louis Walsh told the News of the World, "We're all completely devastated."