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===Stephen Gately===
On 16 October 2009, a [[Jan Moir]] article criticised aspects of the life and death of [[Stephen Gately]]. It was published six days after his death and before his funeral. The [[Press Complaints Commission]] received over 25,000 complaints, a record number, regarding the timing and content of the article. It was criticised as insensitive, inaccurate and [[Homophobia|homophobic]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Daily Mail column on Stephen Gately death provokes record complaints|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/16/stephen-gately-boyzone|location=UK|first=Robert|last=Booth|date=16 October 2009|access-date=30 April 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-date=26 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026071152/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/16/stephen-gately-boyzone|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Irish Daily Mail disowns Jan Moir|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/20/jan-moir-irish-daily-mail|location=UK|first=Stephen|last=Brook|date=20 October 2009|access-date=30 April 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-date=8 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908042813/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/20/jan-moir-irish-daily-mail|url-status=live}}</ref> The Press Complaints Commission did not uphold complaints about the article.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcc.org.uk/cases/adjudicated.html?article=NjIyOA|title=Press Complaints Commission >> Adjudicated Complaints >> Mr Andrew Cowles|website=www.pcc.org.uk|access-date=11 February 2019|archive-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070626/http://www.pcc.org.uk/cases/adjudicated.html?article=NjIyOA|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/feb/18/pcc-jan-moir-stephen-gately-brave-ruling|title=The PCC's brave ruling over Jan Moir and Stephen Gately {{!}} Jonathan Heawood|last=Heawood|first=Jonathan|date=18 February 2010|work=The Guardian|access-date=11 February 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011430/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/feb/18/pcc-jan-moir-stephen-gately-brave-ruling|url-status=live}}</ref> Major advertisers, such as [[Marks & Spencer]], had their adverts removed from the ''Mail Online'' webpage containing Moir's article.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marks & Spencer asks to pull ad from Mail article on Stephen Gately's death|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/16/stephen-gately-jan-moir-complaints|location=UK|first=Chris|last=Tryhorn|date=16 October 2009|access-date=30 April 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-date=8 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908042751/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/16/stephen-gately-jan-moir-complaints|url-status=live}}</ref>