Robbie Williams: “The tragedy of Liam won’t go unnoticed and I’m sure that things will be done in his name to make things better”

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Robbie Williams has spoken out about the tragic death of Liam Payne, and said that there needs to be a push for something to be “done in his name to make things better”.The soloist and former One Direction member died on October 16 at the age of 31, after falling from a hotel’s third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Argentinian prosecutor’s office later shared that his cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.Soon after the news broke, countless fans and figures from the entertainment world took to social media to pay their respects, and the passing sparked a conversation about mental health in the music industry.One of the figures who was most vocal in calling out for more support was Robbie Williams.

Last month, he wrote on Instagram that he felt “shock, sadness and confusion” upon learning of his death, and said that the “trials and tribulations” faced by Payne were similar to his own with Take That.Now, Williams has addressed the topic once again, and told Newstalk in Dublin that the singer’s death “won’t go unnoticed”.“I’m sure things will be done in his name to make things better.

What they are, I don’t know yet, but I’m in,” he began. “It’s very difficult [and a] grey area to put things into place, to look after people properly.