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
'Maisie would've done so much good in the world. She's not here anymore - but we are going to keep her memory alive'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe heartbroken parents of a teenage girl who tragically died just two weeks after complaining of a tummy ache have vowed to 'keep her memory alive'. 'Bubbly and bright' Maisie Almond, 14, from Stalybridge, who had had plans to backpack around the world with her friends, lost her short battle with acute liver failure on October 2.
She died just a day after a life-saving organ donor was found for her. She had been rushed to Leeds Infirmary from Tameside after blood tests revealed that her tummy pains began after she had developed liver failure and needed surgery to survive. READ MORE Devastation as girl, 14, dies two weeks after complaining of tummy ache But her parents Kathryn and Stuart said she 'deteriorated rapidly' and that the teenager would have been 'too weak' to undergo the gruelling 12 hour procedure, which would have also required large amounts of donated blood.
She died in the early hours of October 2. "The senior consultants said she really needed that donor liver the next day and that it could've been a different outcome," dad Stuart told the Manchester Evening News. "Although she received a donor, it came too late.
She did go down to the operation theatre where the liver was waiting - but she wouldn't have survived it, it was 48 hours too late." Following Maisie's death, Kathryn and Stuart are raising important awareness about the need for blood donations and for people to have conversations with their loved ones about organ donations in the hope it will save somebody else's life.
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