Harry Styles remembers Liam Payne in tribute post: “It was an honour to be alongside him”

nme.com:

Harry Styles has shared a tribute post remembering his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne after the latter’s untimely death.On the night of October 16, it was announced that Liam Payne had died at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Per The Guardian, the Argentinian prosecutor’s office revealed that Payne’s cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding – his head injuries were serious enough to cause death.Earlier today, One Direction’s surviving members Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles shared a joint statement on Payne’s death, where they expressed their devastation, and that they would need time “to grieve and process the loss of our brother, who we loved dearly.”Now, Harry Styles has shared his own statement on social media, accompanied by a picture of Payne performing to a large audience: “I am truly devastated by Liam’s passing.

His greatest joy was making other people happy, and it was an honour to be alongside him as he did it.”Styles continued: “Liam lived wide open, with his heart on his sleeve, he had an energy for life that was infectious.

He was warm, supportive, and incredibly loving. The years we spent together will forever remain among the most cherished years of my life.