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Bandmate told Tomlinson of Payne tragedy
The Gazette
|October 10, 2025
LOUIS Tomlinson has revealed Niall Horan informed him about the death of the pair's former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne, saying "we all looked up to him”.
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The 33-year-old said Payne had been pushing for a reunion of the band, which also included Harry Styles and Zayn Malik.
Payne died at the age of 31 in October last year after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
Speaking to host Steven Bartlett on The Diary Of A CEO podcast, Tomlinson said he was in Los Angeles when he first heard of Payne's death.
This story is from the October 10, 2025 edition of The Gazette.
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