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Liam Payne’s ‘devastated’ family breaks silence after One Direction star dies aged 31


Liam Payne's parents have been spotted leaving their family home in Wolverhampton in the middle of the night, just hours after the tragic news of their son's death was announced

His parents, Geoff and Karen Payne, were spotted leaving their Wolverhampton home in the middle of the night as news of the 31 year old's death reached them. Payne developed a love of performing as a schoolboy at St Peter's Collegiate School in Compton and had studied music at Wolverhampton College before auditioning on the X Factor as a teenager. I always kept my eye on what my fellow Wolverhamptoners in the spotlight were doing, and felt immense pride that a young lad from my town had become a worldwide star, a member of one of the best selling boybands of all time.

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