One Path followers around the globe are mourning Liam Payne, sharing reminiscences and tributes to the singer after his surprising dying on Wednesday.
Payne, 31, died after he fell from the third-floor balcony of the CasaSur Lodge in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Paramedics arrived on the scene, however Payne suffered “extraordinarily severe accidents,” together with a cranium fracture, native well being officers stated. Resuscitation was not doable.
An post-mortem report launched Thursday revealed Payne died of a number of severe accidents and “inside and exterior bleeding” on account of the balcony fall. The report alleged that alcohol, medication and destroyed furnishings have been found in Payne’s lodge room.
Earlier than his dying, a lodge worker contacted native emergency companies to report a visitor who had “overindulged on medication and alcohol.” Although the worker by no means recognized Payne by title, a transcript of the decision stated employees requested pressing assist a couple of visitor “breaking” issues of their room.
The lodge worker advised 911 they have been “afraid” the unnamed man “may do one thing life-threatening” as a result of there was a balcony in his suite.
Payne’s physique was discovered within the lodge’s courtyard. TMZ was the primary North American outlet to report information of his dying and shared a number of cropped pictures of Payne’s physique — a call extremely criticized by followers and celebrities alike, who’ve accused the tabloid of being “morally decrepit.” TMZ has since eliminated the pictures from protection of Payne’s dying.
Since then, hypothesis and misinformation surrounding the singer’s dying have swirled on-line, together with a bogus video of a person presupposed to be Payne falling from a window circulating on social media.
Argentinian authorities don’t imagine Payne’s dying is suspicious and are persevering with to analyze.
Liam Payne’s closing days
Two weeks forward of his dying, Payne attended a stadium live performance for his fellow One Path bandmate Niall Horan in Argentina.
Payne engaged with followers from a non-public field within the area and danced alongside to the pre-show playlist. Recordings of the star at Horan’s present went viral on social media and introduced on mass criticism and cyberbullying for Payne, who some claimed was in search of consideration.
In a video forward of the present, Payne stated on Snapchat that he hoped to speak to Horan after the live performance “to sq. up a few issues.”
“No dangerous vibes or something like that,” he clarified. “However simply we have to discuss.”
The previous boy banders reunited backstage, and Payne posted a photograph with Horan to his Snapchat account on Oct. 2.
Liam Payne and Niall Horan backstage at Horan’s Argentinian live performance on Oct. 2, 2024.
Snapchat by way of Liam Payne
Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy shared an edited video of compiled footage of the couple and their pals at Horan’s present.
Payne and Cassidy stayed in South America to trip after attending Horan’s live performance.
He documented a lot of his journey on social media. On Snapchat, Payne shared footage of himself and Cassidy enjoyable in Argentina and mentioned mundanities like taking part in water polo, horseback using and his costume plans for Halloween this yr.
His closing social media put up was to Snapchat. Within the picture, he and Cassidy are posed for a mirror selfie of their swimwear, although it’s unclear when the picture was taken.
Liam Payne and girlfriend Kate Cassidy posing in Argentina.
Snapchat by way of Liam Payne
Cassidy stated in a TikTok put up Monday that she was “so excited” to go away South America and return to the U.S. She documented her journey residence, although Payne stayed behind in Argentina.
Cassidy frequently posted movies to social media that includes Payne, typically displaying off their outfits or sharing footage from a date. As of this writing, she has not commented publicly on Payne’s dying.
Within the weeks main as much as his dying, Payne was reportedly served a cease-and-desist from his ex-fiancée, Maya Henry, who alleged Payne had repeatedly contacted her.
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Henry printed a guide referred to as Trying Ahead in Could. The writing is “impressed by true occasions” and tells the story of a hopeful mannequin who falls in love with a boy band member.
In an interview with Folks journal, Henry stated she had “very comparable” experiences to the guide’s fundamental character, together with struggling issues throughout an abortion. Henry’s guide character is inspired to not search remedy for hemorrhaging throughout an abortion over worry of being noticed publicly and starting tabloid hypothesis.
Payne and Henry acquired engaged in 2020 however referred to as off the plans in April 2022.
In a TikTok video posted Oct. 6, Henry stated Payne frequently contacted her from completely different telephone numbers and emails within the years after their breakup. She stated Payne would additionally typically contact her mom and “blow up” her telephone.
Throughout a podcast look this week, earlier than Payne’s dying, Henry tried to make clear the road between reality and fiction in her guide and stated she “simply wished to inform her story.”
Followers collect to recollect Liam Payne
Outdoors the CasaSur Lodge on Wednesday evening, feelings have been excessive as followers gathered to mild candles and softly sing One Path songs.
Tons of of teary-eyed followers surrounded the Palermo-region lodge as information of the singer’s dying was breaking. They watched as police blocked off the highway and entrances to the lodge amid their investigation.
Like all members of One Path, the previous boyband member had legions of devoted followers. As he had risen rapidly to such intense ranges of fame at 16 years outdated, lots of Payne’s admirers adored him all through their childhoods and have been typically of comparable age to the star.
As Payne’s physique was taken away in a pink firefighter van, the group applauded whereas different followers wept.
Followers of One Path and Liam Payne gathered exterior the lodge to sing the band’s songs and go away a candle at an improvised altar after British musician Liam Payne died on Oct. 16, 2024, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Payne was found on the U.Okay. singing competitors present The X Issue in 2010, the place he sang a canopy of Michael Bublé’s model of Cry Me a River. Payne auditioned for the present two years earlier however was eradicated.
Although he auditioned as a solo act, the judges, together with Simon Cowell, put Payne in an all-boys group referred to as One Path. The boyband would go on to succeed in unbelievable heights of worldwide fame and success.
Till One Path introduced its hiatus in 2015, Payne’s face might generally be discovered plastered on the bed room partitions of teenage ladies around the globe.
He went on to provide music as a solo artist, together with the songs Strip That Down (feat. Quavo) and For You (With Rita Ora).
Payne’s solo profession was marred with controversy and private struggles with sobriety lately.
He confronted intense backlash final yr after a visitor look on YouTuber Logan Paul’s podcast Impaulsive.
Payne, whereas consuming whisky, spoke negatively about his expertise in One Path, stated he and member Louis Tomlinson despised each other to the purpose of bodily arguments and accused one other bandmate of “throwing him up towards a wall” forward of a live performance.
Payne later expressed remorse over the interview and stated in a 2023 YouTube video that he “turned somebody he didn’t acknowledge anymore.”
He stated he was “indignant at what was occurring round me” and took out his frustrations on others. Payne stated he’d since attended rehab and was almost six months sober.
“The remainder of the boys actually caught by me once I wanted them most, they type of got here to the rescue,” he stated of his former band members. “Even Zayn, as properly, which is why I did ship him just a little thanks on-line. It got here throughout actually big-headed, didn’t it?”
Tributes to Liam Payne
The opposite members of One Path — Horan, Tomlinson, Harry Types and Zayn Malik — launched a joint assertion on Thursday.
“We’re fully devastated by the information of Liam’s passing. In time, and when everybody is ready to, there might be extra to say. However for now, we’ll take a while to grieve and course of the lack of our brother, who we liked dearly. The reminiscences we shared with him might be treasured without end. For now, our ideas are together with his household, his pals, and the followers who liked him alongside us. We are going to miss him terribly. We love you Liam.”
In a press release to the BBC, Payne’s household stated they’re “heartbroken” by his dying.
“Liam will without end stay in our hearts and we’ll bear in mind him for his sort, humorous and courageous soul,” the assertion reads. “We’re supporting one another the very best we are able to as a household and ask for privateness and area at this terrible time.”
Payne had a seven-year-old son, Bear Gray Payne, with former girlfriend and musician Cheryl Cole, 41. She served on the X Issue judges panel throughout Payne’s audition in 2010.
He’s additionally survived by his mother and father, Geoff and Karen Payne, and his two older sisters, Ruth and Nicola.
Types’ mom, Anne Twist, expressed upset on social media on Wednesday evening. She shared a photograph of a damaged coronary heart emoji and wrote that Payne was “Only a boy.”
English singer-songwriter Katie Waissel, who met Payne whereas on The X Issue, stated Payne supplied “unwavering help throughout a few of my darkest moments” on the present.
She referred to as on document firms and music executives, particularly Cowell, who signed One Path, to higher “prioritize the emotional and bodily welfare of the artists who put their belief in these establishments.”
On X, The Backstreet Boys stated “phrases cannot categorical the feelings” the collective bandmembers felt on the information of Payne’s dying.
“Our hearts exit to Liam’s household, pals, and Directioners around the globe,” the band wrote.
British singer Olly Murs too was “misplaced for phrases.” In a put up to Instagram, Murs stated he was harm to see Payne’s “life now finish so younger.”
“I’m really gutted and devastated for his Household and naturally his son Bear dropping a dad,” Murs wrote.
Singer Charlie Puth shared a photograph of him and Payne to Instagram on Wednesday evening.
On his story, Puth stated he was in “shock” over the information of Payne’s dying.
“Liam was all the time so sort to me,” he wrote. “He was one of many first main artists I started working with…I’m so upset proper now, could he relaxation in peace.”
German music producer Zedd and Paris Hilton additionally expressed remorse over Payne’s sudden dying, and Hilton despatched properly needs to his household.
