Stephen was found dead in an apartment in Majorca, though five years on the family say they still have unanswered questions about how he died.
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Tony Gately, the singer’s younger brother, said the family never received a full story about that happened from Stephen’s partner Andrew Cowles after his death.
The official cause of death was a fatal build up of fluid in the lungs, that could have been brought on by a heart attack, but the Gateley’s maintain that some things remain unexplained.
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On the night he died, Stephen and husband Andrew had been out and met Georgi Dochev in a gay nightclub on the island.
‘Only two people know what went on the night he died’ said Mr Gately, ‘They are his husband Andrew and a Bulgarian guy, Georgi, who was invited to their apartment. Neither of them have fully explained to me what happened.’
A police statement taken from Girogio revealed that Stephen had smoked a cannabis joint and that the trio had been intimate with one another.