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Keith Duffy shared a sweet memory on Sunday morning of his good friend and former band mate, Stephen Gately.

Ronan Keating has shared a touching tribute to his late Boyzone bandmate Stephen Gately to mark 13 years since his tragic death. The singer and presenter, 45, said that it "doesn't get any easier" following Stephen's death at the age of just 33, from an undetected congenital heart defect. He was found by his husband, Andrew Cowles, in their holiday home in Port d'Andratx, Mallorca.

Eleven years ago today the showbiz world was rocked by the sudden death of Boyzone's Stephen Gately.

Boyzone reveal craziest story about fan who fell off the back of their moving carStephen Gately's mum praises Boyzone fans as they attend mass on 10th anniversary of deathBoyzone kept band going to honour Stephen Gately as they mark 10 years since his deathGately, who had been married to Andrew Cowles for six years at the time of his death, was found to have died from a pulmonary oedema, resulting from an undiagnosed congenital heart defect.Keating, Duffy, Shane Lynch and Mikey Graham accompanied his body from Majorca to Ireland and stayed with him in the Church of St Laurence O’Toole in Dublin the night before his funeral.Thousands of fans lined the streets outside the church, with the eulogies played out over loudspeakers.

Commenting on the photo, one person remarked that he was ‘an angel taken too soon.’ Another person described him as ‘A fantastic talent. Taken at such a young age.