Stephen Gately dies at 33

[Dymetrie]

Quite a worrying report (which may or may not be true):

Man who found Stephen Gately's body was in bed with his husband

Tue, 13/10/2009 - 09:48 By Mr. Holy Moly

The 'third man' in the house at the time of Stephen Gately's death on Saturday has spoken about the day, revealing it was him who found the body after spending the night in bed with Stephen's husband.

Georgi Dochev says he and Stephen's husband Andy went in to the bedroom leaving Stephen alone on the sofa wearing pyjamas and emerged later on to find his "pale and cold body crouched in a mysterious prayer position". They had spent the evening drinking in the Majorcan gay club The Black Cat before heading back to the flat in Port Andratx.

Can this story get any grimmer? Not only does it seem likely that Stephen's death was an accident, not the usual "coke hell" stories we are used to, but the poor bloke died in the knowledge that his husband was in bed with some Bulgarian dude.

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[Princess Griff]

Hmmm seems suspiciously untrue....

[Kitten]

Unfortunately seems like it was true (the bit about him dying while his hubby was in bed with another guy). Didn't see any of the huge headlines when he was found to have died from :

A forensic report last month confirmed Gately's death was caused by an undiagnosed heart condition and was not linked to drink or drugs.

A report handed to a Spanish judge investigating the tragedy revealed the star suffered from atheromatosis, a thickening of the arteries.

It also revealed he was dead for eight hours before his body was found.

Gately was found dead on October 10 by a Bulgarian who had been partying with him and his civil partner Andrew Cowles after their night out on the Spanish island.

A preliminary pathology report said the star died from an acute pulmonary oedema, a build-up of fluid on the lungs caused by the atheromatosis and said the death was due to 'natural causes'.

Obviously doesn't sell as many papers as the 'DRUGS! DRINK' theory.

Oh...but I bet I can make Knip cry

[Garp]

Nice bit of reading between the lines there, it doesn't say the bulgarian had been sleeping with Andrew Cowles. They could have just offered him floorspace or a spare bed or something, for example.

I'm not trying to come across as naive, but the press has a habit of inferring that where one or two people participate in a thing they perceive as a sexual deviancy occurs, (such as homosexuality, even if they won't actually call it one out loud) all forms sexual deviancies occur.

[Knipples]

Originally Posted by Kitten

Oh...but I bet I can make Knip cry

Already did!

And I for one am glad it was nothing sinister.

[Kitten]

Originally Posted by Garp

Nice bit of reading between the lines there, it doesn't say the bulgarian had been sleeping with Andrew Cowles. They could have just offered him floorspace or a spare bed or something, for example.

I'm not trying to come across as naive, but the press has a habit of inferring that where one or two people participate in a thing they perceive as a sexual deviancy occurs, (such as homosexuality, even if they won't actually call it one out loud) all forms sexual deviancies occur.

No, but the Bulgarian did. He's gone on the record as saying he slept with Cowles so they can say pretty much what they like along those lines. I've already read the quotes, and the claims he made, so that's where I'm getting my information from - I'm not reading between those lines at all - the comment I made at the beginning of the post isn't related to the quote in that context; that was more making the point that we didn't really hear any more about it once it was determined he died of 'natural causes'.

[Garp]

Originally Posted by Kitten

No, but the Bulgarian did. He's gone on the record as saying he slept with Cowles so they can say pretty much what they like along those lines. I've already read the quotes, and the claims he made, so that's where I'm getting my information from - I'm not reading between those lines at all - the comment I made at the beginning of the post isn't related to the quote in that context; that was more making the point that we didn't really hear any more about it once it was determined he died of 'natural causes'.

Urgh.. my bad wording. Didn't mean to imply you were reading between the lines, but the newspapers were, as has been seen so many times in these things. Wasn't aware the Bulgarian man had made those comments, but wonder how true that is too. Easy way to get an ego boost / grab some cash from the newspapers for him.

[Kitten]

It's fine, I could see what you meant anyway but wasn't quite sure if you meant me or them!

Yeah, he seems like a thoroughly unpleasant chap to me, but then I'm probably coloured by the grubby way he went to the press. Would have been better to maintain a dignified silence than by pocketing the cash but I suppose it was all too easy for him.

Just seems such a shame that was seems to have been a genuine relationship between two people very much in love has been made to look like so much less than it was (if that makes sense) by some bloody awful timing!