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Simon Cowell Pays Tribute to ‘Kind, Funny, Sweet’ Liam Payne: ‘You Left Us Too Soon’


Simon Cowell remembers Liam Payne in an emotional tribute. Read it here.

A preliminary autopsy concluded that the star was potentially under the influence of substances when the fall occurred, moments before which a hotel manager had placed a 911 call to report that a guest was “destroying [their] entire room.” Cowell was instrumental in Payne’s career, assigning the singer to One Direction with fellow X Factor hopefuls Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson in 2010. Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Simon Cowell, Harry Styles, and Zayn Malik on set during One Direction celebrates 1D Day at YouTube Spac.

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