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Xtra Factor host Konnie Huq reveals the eerily prescient message she gave Liam Payne when he was on the show as she pays heartfelt tribute to the singer after his tragic death aged 31


The former One Direction star died after he fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Palmero hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday. He was 31.

Despite the adoration, the band ultimately finished in third place on the X Factor but shortly afterwards Simon Cowell sealed their fate by signing the fivesome to a reported £2million Syco contract. Further posts from the final moments of the star's life showed him enjoying lunch in his hotel room, where he revealed the pair had been 'waking up at 1pm every day' and deciding on Forest Gump as a Halloween costume. Following reports of his death city ambulance service provider spokesman Alberto Crescenti said Mr Payne had fallen around 40 metres and suffered 'severe injuries which were incompatible with life.'

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