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
Sharon Osbourne accuses music industry of “letting down” Liam Payne
nme.comLiam Payne following his death at the age of 31.On Wednesday night (October 16), it was announced that Payne had died after falling 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 cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.Payne rose to fame as part of One Direction during The X Factor‘s 2010 series, after initially auditioning two years earlier at the age of 14.Now, former X Factor judge Osbourne has shared a tribute to the singer, saying her “heart aches” over the news of his untimely death.
Osbourne appeared on the show from 2004 to 2007 and was no longer a judge when One Direction competed. She also returned for one final series in 2013.In an Instagram post, Osbourne wrote: “Liam, my heart aches.
We all let you down. Where was this industry when you needed them? You were just a kid when you entered one of the toughest industries in the world.
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