RIP Stephen Gately

Tefal · 12 Oct 2009 at 10:14

mac1st3 said:
but most likely alcohol poisoning, or got drunk passed out and ended up swallowing his own tongue or something else equally unpleasant.

either way, I highly doubt it was drugs or suicide, just a tragic accident IMO

Because alcohol is magic fairy juice not a drug?

Tefal · 12 Oct 2009 at 10:17

knip said:
I think it should be me saying that to you.

So he died due to drugs will you be apologising now?

mac1st3 · 12 Oct 2009 at 10:23

Tefal said:
Because alcohol is magic fairy juice not a drug?

Har har, I meant more in the sense of illegal drugs, or medication as opposed to alcohol, otherwise you could include cigarettes in that

Knubje · 12 Oct 2009 at 10:25

R.I.P, 33 is a young age.

mcast123 · 12 Oct 2009 at 10:56

Tefal said:
So he died due to drugs will you be apologising now?

Choke in your own drunken vomit? seriously, I've puked a few times being stupidly drunk, never came close to choking. It might be possible but very rare, I still reckon he was taking more than alcohol. Looking at celebs like Hendrix who died the same way, he was taking sleeping pills.

So much for the squeaky clean media image knip was sold, never underestimate the power of the media to paint a fluffy-bunny disneyesque picture.

I still blame

knip · 12 Oct 2009 at 10:57

Sorry but having watched this morning which had his laywer on I think more than ever people need to wait for the autopsy.

MonkeyNews · 12 Oct 2009 at 11:03

Never a fan of his music but RIP anyway.

Dan.m · 12 Oct 2009 at 11:22

Banzai_Joe · 12 Oct 2009 at 11:46

Choking on his own vomit was my first thoughts.
Its cerftainly NOT that uncommon. My friend died that way after a heavy night out on the ale. He was kind of a celebrity in Nottingham and was given full front page of the Nottingham Evening Post. His nickanme was, ironically...RIP! (i poo you not) I also know a few other people who knew people who died that way.

Anyway, it is sad, he did seem like a nice boy. I'm not gay or owt, but he seemed to keep himself to himself (and his mr i guess).
This morning, i heard on the news that he was reported leaving a club with a belgium fella the night he died.
So....are there are possible mysterious circumstances?

Westyfield2 · 12 Oct 2009 at 11:47

RIP Stephen, and only 33 too

ManCuBuS said:
Post of the thread and couldn’t have said it better myself.

My nephew, Gavin Elliott was shot and killed in Helmand 4 weeks ago. He got about 5 mins coverage total on the news, his funeral got another 5 mins.

Same applies just about all of our boys dying for their country in that hellhole.

Gately's death has already easily clocked 2+ hours coverage today alone, celebrity culture really is the thing that needs to die here.

I personally believe that every time one of our brave boys dies it should be the main headline of all news programmes/websites/papers. Maybe that way the government would realise how many of our men are dying, and that far more men and better resources are needed to get the job finished properly.

Tefal · 12 Oct 2009 at 12:09

knip said:
Sorry but having watched this morning which had his laywer on I think more than ever people need to wait for the autopsy.

Lol you know for certain he died doing something with drink or drugs when it's not a family member or friend but his bloody lawyer doing the media rounds.

batsy · 12 Oct 2009 at 12:18

WillyNelson · 12 Oct 2009 at 15:02

I find it disturbing that the 'powers that be' have felt the need to sanitise this thread without reference to the original posts. I agree that posts which are downright rude or disrespectful to the dead probably have no place in an 'RIP' thread but some of the puns on offer were neither rude nor disrespectful. In fact, my own 'It's only words' retort to Dark_Angel's post was meant as a respectful reference to one of Boyzone's more well known records and an attempt to difuse some of the bickering that was building up.

In our nation's society we have a long and highly regarded history of gallows humour and laughing in the face of adversity. The ability to see the lighter side of a tradgedy is something that has seen us, as a nation, ride out Nazi bombing, domestic terrorism, financial meltdown and unfit government. Without it we would risk being reduced to an overly sentimental sobfest of a nation or a whining, "life's so hard being me", victim culture

Brucie was right, we should have a bit more of a sense of humour ove these things and stop taking offence on other people's behalf.

Banzai_Joe · 12 Oct 2009 at 15:25

^^^^^
This

FTM · 12 Oct 2009 at 15:43

perhaps I could have phrased better..but I just got back from a long weekend in barcelona and we managed a damn sight more than one 8 hour session without death!

Azagoth · 12 Oct 2009 at 17:07

WillyNelson said:
I find it disturbing that the 'powers that be' have felt the need to sanitise this thread without reference to the original posts. I agree that posts which are downright rude or disrespectful to the dead probably have no place in an 'RIP' thread but some of the puns on offer were neither rude nor disrespectful. In fact, my own 'It's only words' retort to Dark_Angel's post was meant as a respectful reference to one of Boyzone's more well known records and an attempt to difuse some of the bickering that was building up.

In our nation's society we have a long and highly regarded history of gallows humour and laughing in the face of adversity. The ability to see the lighter side of a tradgedy is something that has seen us, as a nation, ride out Nazi bombing, domestic terrorism, financial meltdown and unfit government. Without it we would risk being reduced to an overly sentimental sobfest of a nation or a whining, "life's so hard being me", victim culture

Brucie was right, we should have a bit more of a sense of humour ove these things and stop taking offence on other people's behalf.

Amen! Some people around here seriously need to lighten up a bit and get a sense of humour!

jas72 · 12 Oct 2009 at 18:12

pingwing said:
Yeah rest in peace but urm this is like keith ledger, people die and its not the most important thing in the word to the people close to them. My sympathies go to those close to him but to the general public we shouldn't go crazy

Who's keith Ledger?

Shame about the boyzone guy but one of them posted in their blog me and the boyz" yes spelt with a Z

rest in peace

jas72 · 12 Oct 2009 at 18:14

WillyNelson said:
I find it disturbing that the 'powers that be' have felt the need to sanitise this thread without reference to the original posts. I agree that posts which are downright rude or disrespectful to the dead probably have no place in an 'RIP' thread but some of the puns on offer were neither rude nor disrespectful. In fact, my own 'It's only words' retort to Dark_Angel's post was meant as a respectful reference to one of Boyzone's more well known records and an attempt to difuse some of the bickering that was building up.

In our nation's society we have a long and highly regarded history of gallows humour and laughing in the face of adversity. The ability to see the lighter side of a tradgedy is something that has seen us, as a nation, ride out Nazi bombing, domestic terrorism, financial meltdown and unfit government. Without it we would risk being reduced to an overly sentimental sobfest of a nation or a whining, "life's so hard being me", victim culture

Brucie was right, we should have a bit more of a sense of humour ove these things and stop taking offence on other people's behalf.

Perhaps it would be better just to ban RIP threads or give them their own forum.

dirtydog · 12 Oct 2009 at 18:16

Ascendancy said:
RIP Stephen Gately

Who?

DAnDan · 12 Oct 2009 at 18:18

jas72 said:
Perhaps it would be better just to ban RIP threads or give them their own forum.

**OFFICIAL RIP Thread**

**OFFICIAL Dead Guy Joke Thread**

No?