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RIP Liam Payne

October 18, 2024
Liam Payne, former One Direction singer, has passed away in a tragic fall in Argentina.
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Former one direction singer Liam Payne was found dead after falling from
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a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires at Genina.
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Reports suggest that his hotel room showed signs of drugs and alcohol
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and police are now searching for his dealer Payne had previously struggled
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with alcohol addiction throughout his career,
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going to rehab at least twice and speaking about feeling suicidal in
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the past. This is sad news.
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I know there's so many primas who went to those shows back
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in the day. You know,
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I did, I'm sad.
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This is like my,
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my cousin and I,
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we grew up loving one direction and my first concert was one
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direction. And I know we all like so many of my
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friends and I, like we,
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we grew up kind of just like this.
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This was our boy band that was like your Backstreet boys.
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Well, I knew was Backstreet Boys that didn't sync.
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That direction was like,
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I would definitely say one direction was was our boy band and
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it's really, really sad.
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And then, you know,
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they're big in Latin America,
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Argentina. Everyone was so sad and so shocked.
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I know there were rumors there was going to be like a
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reunion coming or in the works.
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So that's really sad.
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Like, that's not gonna happen anymore.
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Yeah. Honestly, like,
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I guess they were coworkers but I'm sure that after being in
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a boy band for so long,
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like, you form some sort of attachment relationship,
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I can only imagine.
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Oh, for sure.
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Definitely. You're like touring with them and,
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and you guys are having all these memories together,
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you know, and people that literally just met him once were
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impacted, like have been are impacted with,
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you know, and people that haven't even met him,
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it was so sad.
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He was so young,
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31 years old. That is so young and it's just a
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reminder to keep checking in on your friends.
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Definitely. If you see something,
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say something. He had a son too.
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He had a seven year old son.
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Well, he has a seven year old son and it's like
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he has so much family,
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he has friends, he has fans,
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a lot of people he left behind.
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Yeah. Well, we our deepest condolences to the family and
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friends and all the fans and just everyone affected by his passing
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