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
Shawn Mendes dedicated the unreleased track ‘Heart Of Gold’ to the late One Direction singer Liam Payne last night.Payne died at the age of 31 on Wednesday (October 16) after a fatal fall 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 death was caused by multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.Figures across pop music have been paying tribute to the former One Direction member since the news broke, with Mendes the latest to comment on Payne’s untimely death.During a performance at Brooklyn Paramount Theater in New York last night (October 18), Mendes gave a brief speech about Payne, who he said he met “a couple of times”.“He was a beautiful soul and his eyes gleamed.
It was beauty shining through his eyes,” he continued. “It’s about grieving those we miss with tears and it’s also about celebrating them and who they were and what they left in this world.“I just want to take a second to send so much love to him wherever he is up there.
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