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News of singer Liam Payne’s death broke suddenly on Wednesday, October 16. The former One Direction singer fell from his third-story hotel-room balcony in Argentina, and details of the event are still emerging as though who knew him pay tribute.
Simon Cowell, who judged One Direction on The X Factor and later signed the band to his label, Syco, said he is “truly devastated” by Payne’s death” in an Instagram post, adding that he feels “empty.” “You never really know how you feel about someone until a moment like this happens,” Cowell wrote on October 18. Cowell also remembered seeing Payne last year, when they “reminisced about all of the fun times we had together.” Cowell added that Payne…
