The previous members of One Route reunited Wednesday for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne. Harry Types, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined family and friends on the service for 31-year-old Payne, who died after falling from a resort balcony in Buenos Aires final month. A horse-drawn carriage carried the coffin to St. Mary’s Church in Amersham, 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of London. Undertakers carried the darkish blue casket with silver handles, topped with white roses, into the 800-year-old church for the non-public service.
The funeral location was not made public prematurely to forestall a big crowd from gathering, although dozens of native individuals and followers nonetheless gathered close by.
“Rising up, I used to be an enormous fan of One Route, so I nearly felt like just a little piece of the kid in me was gone,” stated 20-year-old Tara Lloyd, who works on the close by Amersham Hospital.
One Route members reunite at Liam Payne’s funeral. (Photograph: AP)
The gang fell silent when Payne’s dad and mom, Geoff and Karen, emerged from a automobile to face beside the carriage, which was topped with floral tributes studying “Son” and “Daddy.” Payne had a 7-year-old son, Bear, with the singer Cheryl Tweedy.
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Among the many mourners was Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy, actor and presenter James Corden, former soccer participant Robbie Keane and music mogul Simon Cowell who put One Route collectively.
After the service, Cowell embraced Payne’s dad and mom outdoors the church, earlier than the late singer’s coffin was pushed away in a black hearse.
One Route members reunite at Liam Payne’s funeral. (Photograph: AP)
One Route fashioned in 2010 after the 5 youngsters auditioned for “The X-Issue” as solo acts and had been introduced collectively by Cowell, a decide on the present. With their loyal fan base of “Directioners” they grew to become one of the vital profitable boy bands of all time.
After the group break up in 2016, Payne launched into a solo profession which did not match the success of One Route. He was additionally open about struggling together with his psychological well being and alcohol amid the pressures of fame.
Prosecutors in Argentina stated that Payne had traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his system when he fell to his loss of life from the third-floor balcony of his room on the Casa Sur Resort within the Argentine capital on Oct. 16. They’ve charged three individuals over his loss of life, with “abandonment of an individual adopted by loss of life” and “supplying and facilitating using narcotics.”
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