Followers of Liam Payne have spoken of their heartbreak and disbelief on the former One Route star dying on the age of 31, as they mentioned: “It feels like we lost a friend.”
Payne died on Wednesday night after falling from the third flooring of a lodge in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As tributes poured in from everywhere in the world, followers gathered on the Casa Sur lodge to pay tribute to a singer who, from being a young person in Wolverhampton, went on to realize stratospheric fame as a part of best-selling boy band One Route.
Selena, 21 and Augustina, 25, from La Plata, recalled how that they had VIP tickets for One Route once they carried out in Argentina in 2014.
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Liam Payne’s father Geoff has visited the lodge the place the 31-year-old singer died
“It looks like so latest, and now that Liam’s gone I really feel ache in each a part of my physique and my coronary heart.
“Right now when I’m here I see all the love he always had, not just here but across the world.
“He did not deserve that, he’s so younger and life is so merciless generally.”
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Rocio Hipperdingar, 24, from La Plata
Rocio Hipperdingar, 24, additionally from La Plata, mentioned she turned a fan of One Route when she was 13.
“I spent many years of my life thinking of them, listening to their music and they were my support in very bad times,” she mentioned, including Payne’s loss of life was “unbelievable”.
She mentioned she travelled to the lodge to “remember all the good times I felt with their music”, including: “To be a fan is a very special feeling and it feels like we have lost a friend.”
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Aelen Urquesta, 24, from Buenos Aires
Aelen Urquesta, 24, from Buenos Aires, mentioned she is “still processing” what occurred.
“I’m 24 and have loved Liam since I was 14 so it’s been a long time,” she mentioned.
Talking about becoming a member of different followers on the lodge, she mentioned: “I find comfort being here with the other fans because I love One Direction fans so much, we are a sisterhood.”
Payne’s father Geoff arrived in Buenos Aires on Friday to rearrange for his son’s physique to be returned to the UK.
He was seen outdoors the Casa Sur lodge studying tributes and flowers left by followers.
Argentinian officers mentioned Mr Payne visited Buenos Aires’s morgue to establish his son earlier than assembly with the native prosecutor’s workplace.
Native media reported he was additionally anticipated to choose up a few of Payne’s belongings throughout the go to.
Selena and Augustina mentioned when Payne’s father “came to see the notes around the tree, we shielded him from the cameras because the love we have is so big for Liam and his family as well”.
Ms Urquesta echoed the sentiment, saying: “When Liam’s dad came here, we surrounded him and all the comfort that we gave him was very heartfelt.”
