Mates, collaborators and music icons are sharing social media tributes to Liam Payne, the previous founding member of boy band One Course, who was discovered lifeless Wednesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Payne, who fell from the third ground of a resort, was 31 years previous.
The British singer was famously found on “The X Factor” in 2010 and positioned within the platinum-selling boy band alongside Harry Kinds, whose mom, Anne Twist, shared a damaged coronary heart emoji on Instagram with the caption: “Just a boy …”
Whereas numerous followers gathered to mourn his loss of life outdoors the resort the place Payne had been staying, these closest to him — together with pal and former collaborator Charlie Puth — took to their social media accounts to pay tribute.
“I am in shock right now,” wrote Puth, who labored with Payne on 2017’s “Bedroom Floor,” in an Instagram Story on Wednesday. “Liam was always so kind to me. He was one of the first major artists I got to work with. I can not believe he is gone…”
“I am so upset right now,” he added over an previous video of them collectively, “may he rest in peace.”
Payne publicly struggled with the stratospheric fame he discovered as a young person, however regardless of One Course happening an indefinite “hiatus” in 2016, he discovered success as a solo artist — releasing chart hits with rappers Quavo, Juicy J and A Boogie With a Hoodie.
“R.I.P. Liam Payne wow I can’t believe it,” Juicy J shared on X, “prayers up for the family.”
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Payne solely not too long ago acknowledged his wrestle with alcoholism and introduced final July that he’d sought out therapy and was sober for six months. Even these he hadn’t labored with professionally, together with fellow boy band Backstreet Boys, are paying tribute.
“Words can not express the emotions we are collectively feeling right now, and it seems like the rest of the world is in the same boat,” the group wrote Wednesday on X. “Our hearts go out to Liam’s family, friends, and Directioners around the world. Rest in peace brother.”
Rolling Stones member Ronnie Wooden, who carried out with One Course in 2014, mentioned he was “shocked and saddened” to listen to the information, and that it “was a pleasure to work with him” on their “X Factor” efficiency. “God bless Liam,” added Wooden, “thinking of all his loved ones.”
Whereas his former bandmates Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Kinds have but to publicly remark, Payne obtained tributes from all corners of music and leisure — together with Public Enemy alum Taste Flav, German DJ Zedd and resort heiress Paris Hilton.
Payne is survived by his 7-year-old son, mother and father and two older sisters.
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