Ronan Keating pays tribute to Stephen Gately on the anniversary of his death

Gone but not forgotten.

It's hard to believe that it's been 7 years since Stephen Gately died. The singer passed away on October 10th, 2009 at his holiday home in Mallorca, Spain. The mark his anniversary yesterday fellow Boyzone bandmate Ronan Keating shared a tribute on Instagram saying, "Hey Steo. "A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart." -- Zeus (Disney'sHercules) #ShootingStar. Miss ya Bro."

Hey Steo. "A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart." -- Zeus (Disney'sHercules) #ShootingStar. Miss ya Bro ?

A photo posted by Ronan Keating (@rokeating) on Oct 10, 2016 at 5:26am PDT

Back in 2009, Stephen's four bandmates, Ronan, Keith Duffy, Mickey Graham and Shane Lynch, all slept in the church where Stephen was reposing the night before the funeral as they knew Stephen was afraid of the dark. At the time Shane said, "We got our sleeping bags, the priest came in with some wine for us and at about 12 o’clock at night we were starving hungry. "We didn’t think of food but then there was a knock on the church door and no word of a lie, but in came Daniel O’Donnell with a load of fish and chips. "We sat and ate and laughed and joked and just told amazing stories, about Steo. It was an amazing thing to do, a magical thing to do. "We saw him off with joy and not sorrow."