Liam Payne’s family and friends said goodbye to the One Direction star on Wednesday. The funeral took place at a centuries-old church in the English countryside, northwest of London.<\/p>\n
Payne died on October 16 at age 31 after falling from a balcony at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The singer’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy, 25, arrived with Damian Hurley. Payne’s ex Cheryl, who shares a 7-year-old son Bear Grey with the late singer, also attended.<\/p>\n
Payne’s former One Direction bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, and Niall Horan came to pay their respects. The group rose to fame after forming on The X Factor in 2010.<\/p>\n
Simon Cowell, who helped launch One Direction’s career, attended with his fiancée Lauren Silverman. Talk show host James Corden was also there to support the family.<\/p>\n
An investigation by Argentine authorities on November 7 found traces of alcohol, cocaine, and prescription antidepressants in Payne’s system. The prosecutor’s office ruled out self-harm or physical intervention by others. Reports indicate Payne’s hotel room was in disarray, with a 911 call mentioning he was “trashing the room” shortly before the fall.<\/p>\n
Payne’s father Geoff traveled to Argentina in late October to assist authorities with the investigation. A posthumous single titled “Do No Wrong” was canceled out of respect for Payne’s family. The song’s producer Sam Pounds had intended for proceeds to go to a charity of the family’s choosing.<\/p>\n
Payne had recently filmed as a guest judge for an upcoming Netflix show called “Building the Band.” The status of that project remains unclear following his untimely death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Payne’s family and friends said goodbye to the One Direction star on Wednesday. The funeral took place…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxlux.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxlux.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxlux.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxlux.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxlux.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/luxlux.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxlux.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxlux.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxlux.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxlux.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}