Family and friends say goodbye to Liam Payne, former member of One Direction, in an emotional ceremony

Today, the world of music is dressed in mourning. In an emotional private funeral, family and friends have said their last goodbye to Liam Payneformer member of One Direction, who died on October 16 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The ceremony was held in the church St Mary the Virginin the county of Buckinghamshire, in England, which was expressly decorated with beautiful white roses and was a moment full of emotion for all those present.

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Among those in attendance were his former bandmates Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik, who shared their pain and expressed feeling “devastated” by the singer’s tragic loss. “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 along with us. We will miss him very much. We love you Liam” they noted.

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Leading this delegation were his parents Karen and Geoff Payne, who traveled to Argentina to manage the procedures for their son’s repatriation, as well as his two sisters, Nicola and Ruth, who continue to struggle to find solace and learn to live with the painful absence. who was a fundamental pillar for them.

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Kate Cassidy, with whom the Strip That Down singer shared his life for two years, has also not missed this last goodbye. The influencer, who had traveled to Argentina with Liam, but left early, confessed in a shocking letter that they were engaged and had even begun preparations to say “I do.” Plans that they had kept completely secret and that have only become known when everything was cut short. “I’m struggling to figure out how to live in a world without you by my side. I’ve gained a guardian angel and I will love him for the rest of my life and beyond,” said the content creator.

The British singer, 31, was in Argentina to attend the concert of his former bandmate, Niall Horan, who was on tour in South America promoting his album The Show, however, a problem with his visa forced him to delay his arrival. back while his girlfriend headed to England without imagining that that leisure trip would turn into tragedy.

The tragic incident occurred around 5:00 p.m. on that unforgettable October 16. Police received a 911 call reporting a man acting aggressively at the hotel. “We have a guest who is high and destroying everything in his room. We need someone to come,” the establishment worker asked. “I don’t know if the guest’s life is in danger. The room has a balcony and we are afraid that he might do something,” he added. However, when the emergency services arrived to fight the facts it was too late and they could only certify the artist’s death.

According to an official statement drawn up by Argentina’s National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office, the former One Direction member had alcohol, cocaine and a prescribed antidepressant in his system before his death. Asimos, the prosecution confirmed that the results of medical examinations showed that the injuries suffered by Liam were compatible with those caused by a fall from a great height. In addition, the authorities ruled out that the wounds were self-inflicted or caused by the intervention of other people.

The examinations also suggested that Payne did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself during the fall, leading to the inference that he may have fallen into a state of unconsciousness, either partial or complete.

Through the same statement, it was reported that prosecutor Andrés Esteban Madrea requested the declaration and arrest of three people, who face charges of abandonment of a person followed by death, and for the supply and facilitation of narcotics.

The first accused is Rogelio ‘Roger’ Nores, who was accompanying Liam Payne during his stay in Buenos Aires. In her defence, Nores told Daily Mail: “I never abandoned Liam. I went to their hotel three times that day and left 40 minutes before this happened. There were over 15 people in the hotel lobby, chatting and joking with him when I left. “I never could have imagined something like this would happen.”

The second defendant is an employee of the CasaSur hotel, who, according to the prosecution, must answer for supplying cocaine to Payne on two occasions while he was at the hotel.

The third defendant is a narcotics supplier, who faces charges over two other proven drug supplies to Liam Payne, both occurring on October 14.