Liam Payne Honored at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony

Three days after Liam Payne out of the blue died at age 31, he was honored within the “In Memoriam” section on the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame induction ceremony.

The annual occasion — honoring the likes of Cher, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne and Peter Frampton — was held on Saturday, October 19, on the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.

In between acceptance speeches, the Corridor of Fame paid tribute to performers who had died prior to now yr. The ceremony, broadcast stay on Disney+, included Payne within the round-up.

A photograph of Payne, taken throughout One Course’s “What Makes You Stunning” music video shoot, was flashed on the display alongside his identify and “One Course.” Ceremony attendees cheered within the second.

Payne, who was one-fifth of the seminal British boy band of the 2010s, died earlier this week. Us Weekly confirmed on Wednesday, October 16, that the singer had fallen to his loss of life from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A preliminary post-mortem report seen by Us revealed that Payne died from “a number of accidents involving ‘inner and exterior hemorrhage,’” and was believed to be in a “state of semi or whole unconsciousness” on the time of the autumn.

Payne is survived by his mother and father, Geoff and Karen, his two older sisters, Ruth and Nicola, and his 7-year-old son, Bear. (Payne shared Bear along with his ex Cheryl Cole.)

“As I attempt to navigate this earth-shattering occasion and work via my very own grief at this indescribably painful time, I’d wish to kindly remind everybody that now we have misplaced a human being,” Cole, 41, wrote by way of Instagram on Friday, October 18, sharing a photograph of Payne holding a then-infant Bear. “Liam was not solely a pop star and superstar, he was a son, a brother, an uncle, an expensive good friend and a father to our 7-year-old son. A son that now has to face the truth of by no means seeing his father once more.”

As his household continues to mourn Payne’s loss of life, his father traveled to Argentina on Friday. He was seen visiting a fan-made vigil exterior the lodge the place Payne died, even kissing {a photograph} of his solely son. Geoff was joined by former One Course tour supervisor Paul Higgins.

Payne can be remembered by the music business, together with his self-described 1D “brothers” of Harry Types, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik. (The band, put collectively by Simon Cowell on The X Issue UK in 2010, went on an indefinite hiatus six years later in 2016.)

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LUIS ROBAYO/AFP by way of Getty Photos One Course followers descended on the Buenos Aires lodge the place Liam Payne died unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 16, holding an impromptu vigil for the 31-year-old former band member. Payne died after falling from the third flooring of the CasaSur Palermo Resort. Police had been dispatched to the scene after a 911 […]

“We’re utterly devastated by the information of Liam’s passing. In time, and when everybody is ready to, there shall be extra to say,” the remaining members of One Course wrote in a press release earlier this week, signed in age order. “However for now, we’ll take a while to grieve and course of the lack of our brother, who we beloved dearly. The recollections we shared with him shall be treasured endlessly. For now, our ideas are along with his household, his mates, and the followers who beloved him alongside us. We are going to miss him terribly.”

Devoted One Course followers are additionally paying tribute. Along with the vigil in Argentina, others fashioned their very own in New York Metropolis, Chicago, London and Payne’s native Wolverhampton, England, respectively, on Saturday, October 19.

The Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame induction ceremony is out there to stream on Disney+.