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Liam Payne, Former One Direction Member, Dead astatine 31
More details person surfaced astir the circumstances surrounding Liam Payne's tragic death.
The erstwhile One Direction subordinate died Oct. 16 aft falling from the 3rd level of a edifice successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, authorities from El Sistema de Atención Médica de Emergencias (SAME) confirmed to Telemundo.
The exigency aesculapian work enactment stated that constabulary had received a study that day astir the aforesaid edifice successful the Palermo neighborhood. Police were "directed to the edifice by a 911 telephone reporting an assertive antheral who could beryllium nether the power of drugs oregon alcohol," according to SAME.
Authorities person not confirmed if drugs oregon intoxicant were really involved.
Payne had been staying successful Argentina for implicit 2 weeks, spending clip with woman Kate Cassidy—who shared connected Oct. 14 that she was returning backmost to Florida—and attending a concert of erstwhile bandmate Niall Horan connected Oct. 2.
E! News has reached retired to SAME and Payne's rep for remark but has not heard back.
Following quality of the singer's passing, galore successful the euphony assemblage offered tributes, including Harry Styles' ma Anne Twist, who saw Payne turn up successful the spotlight alongside Styles and set members Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik.
"Just a boy," Twist wrote connected Instagram Oct. 16 alongside a heartbreak emoji. Meanwhile, singer Charlie Puth noted that "Liam was ever truthful benignant to me" successful a connection shared to his Instagram Story.
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"He was 1 of the archetypal large artists I got to enactment with," Puth wrote, referring to Payne's 2017 azygous "Bedroom Floor." He added, "I tin not judge helium is gone."
Before launching his solo career, Payne got his commencement connected The X Factor in 2010 erstwhile helium was grouped with the 4 different teens to signifier One Direction (though Payne's dada Geoff Payne had suggested the sanction Unique Selling Point).
The British lad band went connected to grounds the smash hits including "What Makes You Beautiful," "Best Song Ever," "Night Changes" and "Live While We're Young," selling 50 cardinal records successful total.
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But his beingness performing connected the roadworthy led him down a way of drugs and alcohol, with Payne admitting helium would beryllium "locked" successful a edifice country with a minibar. He eventually spent 100 days successful rehab, sharing successful July 2023 that helium was six months sober.
"I conscionable needed to instrumentality a small spot of clip retired for myself actually," Payne noted astatine the time, "because I benignant of became idiosyncratic who I didn't truly admit anymore."
Read connected for much stars' tributes to the precocious singer.
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Anne Twist
Harry Styles' ma shared an emoji of a broke heart, penning successful the caption connected Instagram, "Just a boy..."
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Olly Murs
"This quality is devastating, americium mislaid for words," the X Factor runner-up wrote connected Instagram. "We ever had a bully laughter erstwhile we saw each other, sometimes the drawback ups were lone abbreviated and saccharine but erstwhile we did it was mostly astir however annoyingly bully his hairsbreadth ever looked, oregon our emotion for Becks, the aged XF days and the circuit we shared together."
The instrumentalist continued, "Liam shared the aforesaid passions arsenic me, the aforesaid dreams truthful to spot his beingness present extremity truthful young hits hard, I’m genuinely gutted and devastated for his Family and of people his lad Bear losing a dada x americium reasoning of them! RIP Liam."
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Zedd
"RIP Liam," the DJ shared connected X. "Can’t judge this is real… perfectly heartbreaking."
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Charlie Puth
In a station shared connected his Instagram Story, the "See You Again" vocalist said Liam was "always truthful benignant to me."
"He was 1 of the archetypal large artists I got to enactment with," Charlie, who worked with the One Direction alum connected 2017's "Bedroom Floor," continued. "I tin not judge helium is gone."
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Ty Dolla $ign
"Just talked to you 2 days agone my guy," the rapper wrote connected his Instagram Story. "Ima miss u fr fr sucio."
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Paris Hilton
"So upsetting to perceive the quality of @LiamPayne passing," the Simple Life star wrote connected X, formerly Twitter. "Sending emotion and condolences to his household & loved ones. RIP my friend."
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Mabel
"FOR SO MANY YEARS I ALWAYS KNEW I COULD CALL YOU FOR SUPPORT AND BIG BROTHERLY ADVICE BUT NOW YOU'RE GONE...," the English vocalist wrote connected her Instagram Story. "MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH LIAMS FAMILY AND FRIENDS DURING THIS TIME YOU'LL BE SO MISSED."
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Juicy J
"R.I.P. Liam Payne," the rapper, who collaborated with Liam connected the 2016 way "You," wrote connected X, "wow I can't judge it prayers up for the family."
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Jedward
The X Factor alums shared successful an X statement, "Sending spot to Cheryl and his lad Bear and each the One absorption Family RIP @LiamPayne."
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Ashley Iaconetti
"This is heartbreaking,” the Bachelor successful Paradise alum wrote connected her Instagram Story, sharing a photograph of herself with Liam. "He had 1 of my favourite lad set voices. I’ll ever retrieve erstwhile my person was turning maine into a One Direction instrumentality successful grad schoolhouse and she showed maine their show of ‘Gotta Be You’ connected the X Factor."
she continued, "The archetypal verse helium sang converted maine into a instrumentality instantly. I had chills. My bosom goes retired to his household and friends."
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Piers Morgan
"Good grief," the newscaster wrote connected X. "What a shocking tragedy."
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Jack Johnson of Jack & Jack called quality of Liam's decease "gut wrenching."
"Was specified a bully feline the fewer times maine and G ran into him," helium recalled connected X. "that’s truthful sad."
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