Obituaries

William Wayne Justice Federal Judge

William Wayne Justice, 89, a U.S. district judge who changed the way Texas educated children, treated prisoners and housed its poorest and most vulnerable residents, died Oct. 13 in Austin. No cause of death was reported.

His rulings affected schoolchildren, prisoners, minorities, immigrants and the disabled. Judge Justice outlawed inhumane treatment in Texas prisons and ordered that the mentally disabled be provided with community homes instead of large institutions.

He also ordered the integration of public schools and housing in Texas and ordered the state to provide education for illegal immigrants in Spanish and English.

Judge Justice was born in Athens, Tex. He graduated from the University of Texas law school, which became home to the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.

Judge Justice practiced law in Athens until 1961, when he was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to be U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Texas. Seven years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him to the federal bench in Tyler.

Judge Justice served as chief judge of the district for a decade, starting in 1980. He assumed senior status in 1998.

Stephen Gately Pop Band Singer

Stephen Gately, 33, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone, who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, died Oct. 10 while visiting the Spanish island of Majorca. The cause of death was not clear.

Mr. Gately and his partner, Andrew Cowles, who were wed in a civil union in 2006, were in Majorca together, a statement from the band said.

Boyzone was a U.K. hitmaker in the 1990s and announced a comeback tour last year. Mr. Gately had also released several solo singles and appeared in stage musicals, including "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." He disclosed his sexual orientation to a British newspaper in 1999.

Boyzone was one of the biggest acts out of Ireland in the 1990s. The group sold millions of records and topped the British charts with six No. 1 singles in the 1990s, including "All That I Need" and a cover of the Bee Gees' "Words." The group was formed in 1993 by impresario Louis Walsh, who placed an ad in the media announcing auditions for Ireland's first boy band. Among the unsuccessful hopefuls was actor Colin Farrell.

Captain Lou Albano Professional Wrestler

Captain Lou Albano, 76, a charismatic professional wrestler who appeared in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" video, died Oct. 14 in New York, World Wrestling Entertainment said on its Web site. No cause of death was reported.

Alongside Hulk Hogan and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Mr. Albano helped bring wrestling to national prominence. But it was a star turn as Lauper's father in the singer's 1983 music video that catapulted him to wider recognition.