Liam Payne Dead at 31: Relive the Story of His Life in Photos

However, 5 years aft forming, One Direction had a monolithic alteration arsenic Zayn announced his departure successful March 2015, citing a tendency to prosecute beingness arsenic a “normal 22-year-old.” The radical continued connected arsenic a quartet, with the remainder of the set stepping successful to instrumentality connected his parts.

"Liam stepped up to bash the precocious notes,” Harry told Entertainment Weekly successful 2015. “He kicks them successful the bollocks each show. He doesn't clasp back."

One Direction yet went connected what they described arsenic a impermanent hiatus successful 2016, with the set members each going connected to prosecute solo projects. Payne released 1 solo medium LP1 successful December 2019.

At the tallness of his clip successful One Direction, Payne dated dancer Danielle Peazer for 2 years earlier reconnecting with his puerility person Sophia Smith, with whom helium was successful a narration from 2013 to 2015. 

In 2016, Payne began dating vocalist Cheryl Cole, with whom helium welcomed lad Bear successful March 2017 earlier their breakup successful 2018. One twelvemonth aft his breakup from the erstwhile X Factor judge, Payne began dating exemplary Maya Henry, to whom helium was engaged twice—first successful August 2020, which ended successful June 2021, and again successful precocious 2021 earlier breaking up successful May 2022. 

Around this aforesaid time, Payne opened up astir his conflict with substance maltreatment and suicidal ideation, describing himself portion successful One Direction arsenic an “angry person.”

“It was really, really, truly severe. It was a problem,” the vocalist said during a June 2021 occurrence of the Diary of A CEO podcast, per Billboard, 2 years earlier entering attraction for intoxicant abuse. “It was lone until I saw myself aft that I was like, ‘Right, I request to hole myself.' I conscionable didn’t similar myself precise much, and past I made a change.”

Payne recovered emotion with influencer Kate Cassidy successful 2022, aft she confessed to manifesting their narration erstwhile she was conscionable 10 years old. Hours earlier his death, Payne shared a photograph to his Snapchat of the brace smiling successful a reflector selfie portion wearing their swimsuits.

Keep speechmaking for Liam Payne’s beingness successful photos.

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