Liam Payne’s Dad Geoff Pays Tribute to Son at Buenos Aires Resort The place He Died

Geoff Payne is mourning Liam Payne on the lodge the place his son spent his closing moments earlier than he died on Oct. 16.

Geoff, 66, arrived at CasaSur Palermo Resort in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday, Oct. 18, to get well his son’s belongings and prepare his repatriation to the UK, per the BBC and Argentine information channel TN.

As he arrived on Friday morning — lower than two days after the previous One Route member was pronounced useless after falling from a lodge balcony — he was met with throngs of followers and the memorial tributes they pieced collectively outdoors of the lodge.

Geoff stopped to thank the followers gathered outdoors, TN reported. He additionally appeared on the shrines erected in his son’s honor, studying among the messages followers penned to his son and kissing a photograph of him.

After Geoff entered the lodge, a few of Liam’s followers tried to maintain press from following him into the constructing, and so they later raised their fingers to protect him from the media whereas he was inside, TN famous.

One of many followers who helped kind the barrier advised the BBC that followers on the lodge needed to offer Geoff “a second” to specific his emotions and to “see how a lot we love Liam.”

The U.Okay. outlet additionally famous that earlier in his go to, the musician’s father additionally visited a Buenos Aires morgue with a purpose to formally determine his son and make his repatriation preparations.

Liam died on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at age 31 after falling a number of tales from his lodge balcony. It was later revealed by a preliminary post-mortem report that the “Strip That Down” singer died from a number of accidents and “inner and exterior” hemorrhages.

The coroners additionally confirmed that “no defensive accidents had been discovered,” corroborating native authorities experiences that the star allegedly jumped from the balcony of his lodge room earlier than his loss of life.

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An investigation is underway to find out the circumstances surrounding the musician’s sudden loss of life.

Geoff has not spoken publicly about his son’s loss of life, however the musician’s household did launch a press release to a number of retailers, together with the BBC.

“We’re heartbroken. Liam will endlessly dwell in our hearts and we’ll keep in mind him for his type, humorous and courageous soul,” the assertion learn. “We’re supporting one another one of the best we will as a household and ask for privateness and area at this terrible time.”

His sister, Ruth Gibbins, additionally shared a tribute to the late One Route alum, writing that she would “drive to the tip of the universe to carry you again.”

In a heartbreaking tribute shared on Instagram, Gibbins included a number of candy moments the brother-sister duo shared all through the years. She mentioned that the musician “is my greatest good friend, nobody might ever make me chortle as a lot as him, doing his impressions all the time had me creasing and he liked seeing how a lot of fun he might get.”

Gibbins concluded her message by promising to “maintain” Liam’s 7-year-old son Bear. “He’ll all the time know the way unimaginable his Dad is and the way a lot you idolize him,” she wrote. “I am sorry I could not prevent. Love you, oh how my coronary heart misses you.”