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Liam Payne fans gather at vigils for singer around the world
One Direction star died on Wednesday after falling from a third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires
Outside St Peter’s church in Wolverhampton, people gathered on Sunday to look at the balloons, bouquets and candles left in tribute to the One Direction star Liam Payne, whose home town was part of a worldwide outpouring of grief arranged by fans over the weekend. Fans came together in Munich, Paris, Glasgow, Madrid, Sydney and New York – as well as in the Philippines and Colombia – to pay their respects after directioners, the name given to supporters of the X Factor-formed band, organised the vigils on social media. Shortly after the news broke, hundreds of fans gathered in the Palermo area of the Argentinian capital, while others turned up at the Casa Sur hotel where Payne died, with the Guardian reporting that a “ quiet disbelief hung over the street ”.
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