{"id":11257,"date":"2024-10-17T18:50:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=11257"},"modified":"2024-10-17T18:50:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:50:11","slug":"liam-paynes-family-break-silence-with-heartbreaking-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=11257","title":{"rendered":"Liam Payne’s family break silence with heartbreaking statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Singer-songwriter\u00a0Liam Payne<\/a>\u00a0was\u00a0reported dead on Wednesday<\/a>\u00a0following a tragic incident in Buenos Aires, Argentina.<\/p>\n

Liam was only 31 years old and had spent nearly fifteen years in the spotlight after first appearing on\u00a0The X Factor<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in 2008 at just 14 years old.<\/p>\n

He found huge success after he was put into\u00a0One Direction<\/a>, alongside his fellow bandmates\u00a0Harry Styles<\/a>,\u00a0Zayn Malik,<\/a>\u00a0Louis Tomlinson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Niall Horan<\/a>, in 2010 on\u00a0The X Factor<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Following heartfelt tributes from\u00a0celebrities<\/a>, friends,\u00a0fans<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0One Direction’s family members<\/a>, Liam’s immediate family have released a statement.<\/p>\n

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Liam Payne’s death has broken hearts all over the world.\u00a0Picture:\u00a0Getty<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Liam Payne’s family statement in full:<\/h2>\n

Liam’s family said in a statement issued by his spokeswoman:<\/p>\n

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We are heartbroken. Liam will forever live in our hearts and we’ll remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul. We are supporting each other the best we can as a family and ask for privacy and space at this awful time.<\/blockquote>

– Liam Payne’s family (via PA Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ‘Teardrops’ singer, who was raised by mother Karen and father Geoff, has two older sisters Nicola and Ruth. He also has a son, Bear Payne who is seven years old.<\/p>\n

While his One Direction bandmates haven’t spoken out yet, some of their family members have.<\/p>\n

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One Direction’s family members remember Liam Payne.\u00a0Picture:\u00a0Getty<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Niall’s older brother Greg shared a post to his\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, the caption reads: “To say I\u2019m heartbroken is an understatement a weird feeling this morning and all night, you were a top young boy to a man, a son, a brother you are only one of 4 lads I was happy enough to take my place in Niall’s life as a brother.<\/p>\n

“You will be forever missed Liam words can\u2019t describe how much I want to grab my brother and mind him now while the world shows their memories of you and him and the boys.<\/p>\n

“My heart goes out to your family parents and sisters and your son Bear and your 1D brothers 10th October we met and we started out that evening as 5 families into one big one 1D family thank you for all the laughs bro watch down on the all your family and mind them lots of love kiddo x x x 1D 4 LIFE x x x”<\/p>\n

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    Singer-songwriter\u00a0Liam Payne\u00a0was\u00a0reported dead on Wednesday\u00a0following a tragic incident in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Liam was only 31 years old and had spent nearly fifteen years in the spotlight after … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11259,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11257\/revisions\/11259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}