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The funeral of late Boyzone star Stephen Gately will be held in Dublin on Saturday afternoon, it has been confirmed.
The rest of the band - Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham and Shane Lynch - will fly to Majorca on Friday to bring his body home.
The Gately family will hold a private family Mass on Friday night followed by a funeral service at St Lawrence O'Toole Church at midday on Saturday.
"The Boyz plan to return to Majorca on Friday to bring their brother back home to Dublin," the band said in a statement.
The band members visited Gately's parents in inner city Dublin on Tuesday to pay their respects and confirm his family's final wishes for Stephen.
They said a further memorial service would be held in London, where Gately and his partner shared their home, at a date and venue to be confirmed in the near future.
"Ronan, Keith, Mikey and Shane would once more like to thank everyone for the great many messages of condolence they have received from all over the world," they said.
"Seeing the love and warmth that so many people have felt for Stephen has been a true comfort for them over the past few days."
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The Irish singer was found dead on the sofa in his apartment in Port Andratx on the island last Saturday after a night out with partner Andrew Cowles. His body was released by Spanish authorities on Tuesday after a post-mortem examination found that the 33-year-old died from natural causes.
Examinations showed he had suffered a pulmonary oedema, an accumulation of fluid on the lungs. Further tests are being carried out on the fluid to confirm the result. Gately's body is lying in a chapel of rest in a small village in the hills of Majorca while repatriation formalities continue.
