None of the members of Westlife are dead. Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan are all alive and still recording. I can only assume you might be getting two very similar bands confused.
Brian McFadden was also an original member of Westlife, but he decided to leave the group in 2004. He has gone on to have a relatively successful solo career, especially in Australia, birthplace of ex-fiance Delta Goodrem.
You might also be thinking of fellow Irish boy band Boyzone. It was they who were struck by tragedy following the unexpected death of Stephen Gately, one of two lead singers of the group.
Gately died suddenly at his apartment in Port d'Andratx, Majorca, early on 10th October 2009. His body was discovered later on that morning. His death was later determined to have been caused by a pulmonary oedema resulting from an undiagnosed heart condition.
Gately had spent the previous evening with his partner Andrew Cowles at the Black Cat club in Majorca's capital Palma. Police said they had no reason to believe the singer's death was related to abuse of substances such as drugs or alcohol and no suicide note or signs of violence were located on the corpse (Cowles had, however, admitted that they had been smoking cannabis that evening, later confirmed by toxicology reports).
Gerald Kean, acting as spokesman for the Gately family, said that foul play and suicide had been ruled out. He simply described it as "just a tragic accident". It was Kean, Gately's solicitor throughout his career, who informed the four remaining band members that Gately had died.
A post-mortem and toxicology tests took place on 13th October and this examination showed that Gately did indeed die of natural causes. He died as a result of a congenital heart defect.
Brian McFadden was also an original member of Westlife, but he decided to leave the group in 2004. He has gone on to have a relatively successful solo career, especially in Australia, birthplace of ex-fiance Delta Goodrem.
You might also be thinking of fellow Irish boy band Boyzone. It was they who were struck by tragedy following the unexpected death of Stephen Gately, one of two lead singers of the group.
Gately died suddenly at his apartment in Port d'Andratx, Majorca, early on 10th October 2009. His body was discovered later on that morning. His death was later determined to have been caused by a pulmonary oedema resulting from an undiagnosed heart condition.
Gately had spent the previous evening with his partner Andrew Cowles at the Black Cat club in Majorca's capital Palma. Police said they had no reason to believe the singer's death was related to abuse of substances such as drugs or alcohol and no suicide note or signs of violence were located on the corpse (Cowles had, however, admitted that they had been smoking cannabis that evening, later confirmed by toxicology reports).
Gerald Kean, acting as spokesman for the Gately family, said that foul play and suicide had been ruled out. He simply described it as "just a tragic accident". It was Kean, Gately's solicitor throughout his career, who informed the four remaining band members that Gately had died.
A post-mortem and toxicology tests took place on 13th October and this examination showed that Gately did indeed die of natural causes. He died as a result of a congenital heart defect.
