They came to pay him a last tribute: those close to singer Liam Payne and his former partners from the boy band One Direction gathered on Wednesday November 20, 2024, in Amersham (west London), for the funeral of the singer who died in October 2024 in the age of 31.
Stars and anonymous
Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson arrived in the middle of the day for the ceremony organized in St Mary’s Church in this Buckinghamshire town, whose entrance had been decorated with flowers and candles.
A few minutes later, the singer’s coffin arrived in a white carriage decorated with colorful flower wreaths, followed by his parents.
Cheryl Tweedy, former companion of Liam Payne and singer of the group Girls Aloud, their seven-year-old son, Bear, and his last girlfriend, the American influencer Kate Cassidy, were also present at this small funeral.
A dozen fans, kept apart behind a cordon, also came to pay a final tribute to the One Direction singer.
Grieving fans and tributes
The death of Liam Payne, who fell from his hotel room balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 16, 2024, shocked the band’s fans around the world.
Tributes took place in many cities, including London on October 20, 2024, where thousands of people sang in chorus the songs of the former boy band, which enjoyed meteoric success from 2010 to 2016.
His fight against addiction
Argentine prosecutors have revealed that Liam Payne had consumed alcohol, cocaine and antidepressants before his death. Three people were charged with supplying him with drugs.
In a 2023 video posted on his YouTube account, Liam Payne admitted to having been admitted to a rehab center for his alcoholism: “I kind of became someone I didn’t really recognize anymore. And I’m sure you don’t recognize it either. »
From success to confidentiality
One Direction, who was one of the most lucrative boy bands in the world, released their fifth and final studio album in 2016, Made in the A.M. The same year, the group announced a break, never formalized as a separation. The members of the boy band then began solo careers with varying degrees of success.
Our “Liam Payne” file
Liam Payne released his first album, LP1in 2019. Last year he announced that he was working on a second album and released a new single in March 2024.
