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Liam Payne of One Direction – a life in pictures

Liam Payne of One Direction  a life in pictures
The boyband star and solo singer has died at the age of 31, after falling from a hotel in Argentina
  • Born in Wolverhampton, England in 1993, Payne was just 16 years old when he became part of One Direction, a boyband formed by Simon Cowell on British reality show The X Factor in 2010.

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    Liam Payne arriving for the premiere of The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader in London
  • Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Niall Horan perform at The X Factor live show in London in October 2010.

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    One Direction's Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Niall Horan perform at The X Factor live show in London in October 2010.
  • Malik, Styles, Payne, Tomlinson and Horan in 2010, visiting the iconic zebra crossing at Abbey Road, London, where the Beatles were photographed for their album of the same name.

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    Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan of One Direction at the zebra crossing at Abbey Road, London
  • The band travelled in a luxury helicopter to Glasgow, Manchester and London to launch their first single, What Makes You Beautiful, in September 2011.

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    One Direction band members in front of a helicopter in September 2011
  • One Direction perform on NBC’s Today show in New York in 2012.

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    One Direction perform on NBC’s Today show in 2012
  • British prime minister David Cameron with the band at 10 Downing Street during the filming of the video for their Comic Relief single, One Way or Another, in February 2013.

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    Prime minister David Cameron (centre) with (right to left) Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Liam Payne from One Direction at 10 Downing Street during the filming of the video for the official Comic Relief single, February 18, 2013.
  • Payne, Horan, Tomlinson, Malik and Styles pose with One Direction’s Brits global success award at the Brit awards in 2013.

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    Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles of One Direction pose with their Brits global success award in the press room at the 2013 Brit awards
  • Payne surrounded by fans while performing at the Today show concert series in New York in 2013.

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    Liam Payne at the Today show concert series in New York in 2013
  • Payne at the 2015 American Music awards in Los Angeles.

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    Liam Payne at the 2015 American Music awards
  • Payne meets Queen Elizabeth II after the Commonwealth service at Westminster Abbey in London in March 2018.

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    Payne meets Queen Elizabeth II after the Commonwealth service at Westminster Abbey in London in March 2018
  • Payne performs at BBC Music’s Biggest Weekend, held at Singleton Park in Swansea, Wales in May 2018.

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    Liam Payne performs at BBC Music Biggest Weekend held at Singleton Park in Swansea, Wales in May 2018
  • Payne performs during Nickelodeon SlimeFest in Chicago, Illinois in June 2018.

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    Liam Payne performs during Nickelodeon SlimeFest in Chicago, Illinois in June 2018
  • Rita Ora and Payne perform at Westfield Square in London in October 2018.

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    Rita Ora and Liam Payne performing at Westfield Square, London in October 2018
  • Payne kitted up for Soccer Aid for Unicef at Old Trafford in Manchester in 2023.

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    Liam Payne of England during Soccer Aid for Unicef 2023 at Old Trafford in Manchester, England
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