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RGMike

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RIPStephen Gately of Boyzone
« on: October 12, 2009, 07:25:12 PM »
First (I think) boyband singer to come out of the closet, a decade ago. He was 33.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/12/DDH31A476J.DTL
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Re: RIPStephen Gately of Boyzone
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2009, 08:27:22 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on October 12, 2009, 07:25:12 PM
First (I think) boyband singer to come out of the closet, a decade ago. He was 33.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/12/DDH31A476J.DTL

Oh, this is sad.  I remember writing about him and his coming out while I was employed at RadioSpy - which did not endear me to the target audience of 13-to-25-year-old Mountain-Dew-swilling hardcore gamers with poor social skills.
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Re: RIPStephen Gately of Boyzone
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2009, 07:39:40 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on October 12, 2009, 08:27:22 PM
13-to-25-year-old Mountain-Dew-swilling hardcore gamers with poor social skills.

who have grown up to be 23-to-35-year-old Glenn Beck fans.
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Re: RIPStephen Gately of Boyzone
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2009, 07:33:21 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on October 14, 2009, 07:39:40 AM
Quote from: Gazoo on October 12, 2009, 08:27:22 PM
13-to-25-year-old Mountain-Dew-swilling hardcore gamers with poor social skills.

who have grown up to be 23-to-35-year-old Glenn Beck fans.

Sadly, all too true.  The guy who brought me on board there, in fact - a former friend of mine - even once espoused the idea of forcibly converting people to Christianity.
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Re: RIPStephen Gately of Boyzone
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2009, 08:44:22 AM »
Daily Mail article calling Gately's death "sleazy" sparks protest:

http://www.mercurynews.com/twitter/ci_13593881?source=rss
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