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Ronan Keating: We'll finish Stephen Gately's book

Singer had been working on fantasy novel

A post-mortem examination revealed Stephen Gately suffered a pulmonary oedema

The remaining members of Boyzone have vowed to complete the book their bandmate Stephen Gately was writing.

The singer had been working on children's fantasy novel The Tree Of Seasons for three years before his death last week.

‘He was putting the finishing touches to his book,' Ronan Keating, 32, said at the funeral. ‘There are only a few pages left.

‘By hook or by crook, those who loved him, and there's so many in this room, we're going to finish that book.'

The band are expected to finish the Boyzone album they'd been working on and will release it next year in Stephen's memory.

There are also plans to stage a charity tribute concert in Dublin.

Meanwhile, Ronan, Mikey Graham, 37, Shane Lynch, 33, and Keith Duffy, 35, have been tattooed with the letter "S" and the numbers "76 09", the years of Stephen's birth and death.

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