Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
The death of a 14-year-old boy, who was found by his younger brother, may have been a "joke gone wrong", a coroner has found.
Liam Evans was a talented boxer with a loving family and close circle of friends. His death devastated his family and his friends at Sandwich Amateur Boxing Club, who knew him as "Little Rocky".
At the inquest into his death, on Monday, a coroner found no evidence that Liam intended to take his own life, and apologised to his family for not being able to provide answers.
On December 11, 2019 he had gone upstairs to his bedroom after dinner while his father and brother watched football. At half time his 10-year-old younger brother went up to tell him the score and found him unconscious.
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