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Stephen Gately's ex: I want to hear his voice one last time

Eloy de Jong says he won't forget Boyzone star

Stephen Gately's bandmates Keith Duffy, Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham and Shane Lynch have flown out to Spain

Stephen Gately's former partner called his mobile hours after he died to hear his voice one last time.

The singer was found dead at his holiday home in Majorca on Saturday.

Eloy de Jong dated the Boyzone star for three years before they broke up in 2002.

‘I rang him and it went to voicemail, but I didn't get his voice,' he says. ‘He didn't have a message set up. I wanted to hear him. Just one last time.

'The final time I spoke to Stephen was last year. He rang me for a catch-up. I can't believe we'll never speak again. It's so sad. He was so young. I'll never forget him.'

Eloy, 36, was in a relationship with Stephen, 33, when he came out.

‘We agreed we wouldn't let anyone blackmail us,' he tells the Daily Mirror. 'And we made the decision to tell everyone, because Stephen was in love with me and we felt it was right.

‘Afterwards it was such a relief for him.'

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