Liam Payne’s former One Direction bandmates have published a joint statement after the singer’s death in Argentina yesterday. The singer died after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Argentina on Wednesday evening. In a statement issued almost 24 hours after the news broke, the band said: ‘We’re completely devastated by the news of Liam’s passing.
In time, and when everyone is able to, there will be more to say. ‘But for now, we will take some time to grieve and process the loss of our brother, who we loved dearly. ‘The memories we shared with him will be treasured forever.
For now, our thoughts are with his family, his friends, and the fans who loved him alongside us. ‘We will miss him terribly. We love you Liam.
– Louis, Zayn, Niall and Harry.’ Taking to Instagram, handmade Louis Tomlinson said he was ‘beyond devastated’. ‘I am beyond devastated to be writing this but yesterday I lost a brother.
Liam was somebody I looked up to everyday, such a positive, funny, and kind soul. ‘I first met Liam when he was 16 and I was 18, I was instantly amazed by his voice but more importantly as time went on I got a chance to see the kind brother I’d longed all my life for. ‘Liam was an incredible song writer with a great sense of melody, we often spoke of getting back in the studio together to try and recreate the writing chemistry we had built up in the band.
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