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Boy Band Alums Mourn One Direction's Liam Payne After Death at Age 31


Lance Bass, AJ McLean and more boy band stars paid tribute to One Direction member Liam Payne after he died at age 31 on October 16

We had just finished filming a TV show together,” he told the outlet, referring to the upcoming Netflix series Building the Band, which also stars Nicole Scherzinger and Kelly Rowland. “Words can not [sic] express the emotions we are collectively feeling right now, and it seems like the rest of the world is in the same boat,” McLean and his bandmates Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough, shared in a statement via the group’s Instagram Story. Mikey Graham of Boyzone.Joseph Okpako/WireImageGraham called Payne’s passing “such tragic news” via X, adding, “I think it would be a wise move for record companies to have psychologists on their books from now on in his memory as a duty of care for the vulnerability of their young talent.

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