Singer died at 31
Funeral service for One Direction star Liam Payne in England
The death of Liam Payne caused great sadness around the world. The singer fell from a hotel balcony in Argentina. He has now been buried in his native England.
Five weeks after One Direction star Liam Payne died in a balcony fall in Argentina, family members and friends in the UK have said goodbye to the singer. Payne’s former bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson also attended the memorial service in Amersham, southern England, on Wednesday.
The musician’s coffin, decorated with white roses, was brought to St. Mary’s Church in Amersham, northwest of London, in a white carriage drawn by white horses. Flower arrangements on the carriage formed the words “son” and “dad.”
Liam Payne fell from a balcony in Argentina
In addition to Payne’s parents, his girlfriend Kate Cassidy and his ex-girlfriend Cheryl Tweedy, singer of the girl group Girls Aloud, also came to the memorial service with family and friends. About a dozen fans paid their last respects behind a barrier.
The ups and downs in the life of the former teen star
The singer died in a hotel in Argentina at the age of just 31. Before his death, a concerned hotel employee called the police and reported a man who was high on drugs and alcohol and was destroying the hotel room
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Payne, 31, fell from the balcony of his hotel room in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires on October 16 and died. According to investigators, he had consumed drugs and alcohol before his death. Prosecutors said the One Direction star had a “drug cocktail” of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his blood. Payne had spoken openly about his drug problems before his death.
The British-Irish pop sensation One Direction emerged from the British talent show “The X Factor” in 2010. Payne and his four bandmates Styles, Horan, Tomlinson and Malik were still teenagers at the time. In 2016, the musicians announced that they would be taking a break. Singer and songwriter Payne has since been active as a solo artist.
His death caused sadness around the world. In London and many other cities, One Direction fans came together, lit candles and sang the band’s songs. Payne’s former bandmates and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also expressed their condolences.
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