[情報] Keith的葬禮致詞

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謝謝yt44提供資料我想還是把它貼過來,做一個紀錄 Louis Walsh created a band. We created a friendship, and a brotherhood, a security, a bond. We love each other dearly and Stephen and I and Ronan and Mikey and Shane all feel very blessed, always felt very blessed, to have that bond and that friendship. It's a special one that not everyone gets to experience and cherish. We did call Stephen our little brother. We tried to mind him, we tried to protect him and for that reason it means Andy, you've got four other brothers now if you ever need us. Martin and Margaret, you've got four more sons and you know that there are upsides to that as well, you know... you might have 110 years of children's allowance to claim. The problem is you've also got eight more grandchildren and Christmas is going to be expensive. On behalf of Steo's husband and family we would like to thank you all for your kind words, gestures and tributes over the past week. The level of support from the public, the media, the music industry has just been overwhelming. We would also like to say a massive thank you to the Garda Siochana. On our first meeting with the guards their words to us were 'he was one of us lads so don't worry, we'll take care of him' and they've done a great job. Father Declan, we've managed to spend quite a bit of time with you over the past few days and indeed over the past 12 hours when we were lying here in sleeping bags last night and we all had great peace until one of us started to snore - he knows who he is. We would personally like to thank our friend, another brother of ours, our manager Mark Plunkett for all that he has done for us over the past week for Stephen. He was out in Majorca helping Andy and Andy's family and he has been strong for us and he's been an inspiration and I know Steo would be so so grateful and so proud of Mark so thank you very much. The Gately family would also like to extend a great deal of gratitude and thanks to Gerald Kean for all that he has done for Stephen over the past week. Stephen was born on the 17th of March, 1976 - Paddy's day. He very quickly established himself as a performer, joining the Gaiety School of Acting and also entering and winning many dance competitions across Ireland. It was not until he joined Boyzone though in 1993 that people realised that Stephen was a force to be recognised. At the auditions for the band Stephen asked Louis, who he loved and looked up to, 'How tall do you have to be to be in Boyzone?' He was worried that he was only 5ft7ins and that might be too short, but in latter years while auditioning for the hobbit, he said he was 5ft3ins. So we never knew how tall Stephen actually was and I don't think he actually knew either but he was a giant of a man in our hearts. A true performer full of life and spirit, a true friend full of love and friendship. Stephen loved being in Boyzone, he found an outlet for his passion and four friends and brothers who understood who he truly was. He was also a lover of everything Disney. Stephen would make frequent visits to Disneyland. Everyone knew how much Steo loved Micky Mouse. After four years and tremendous courage, Stephen became a pioneer in showing young people it was ok to stand up to who you were and what you believe in. So many owed him so much for what he did. The five of us created our own little bubble of humour and security and we were always there for each other through thick and thin. The break up of the band in 2000 was hard on us all. Stephen took musical theatre to be his calling and enjoyed lead roles in some of the West End shows. But his true passion and love was the band and he longed for its return. 笑中帶淚的致詞是啊!我們永遠都不會知道Stephen的真實身高也許他會比Elijah Wood高! -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 218.163.225.1