Hundreds of mournful fans gathered in Washington Square Park on Saturday night for a mass vigil to honor and remember singer Liam Payne – three days after the former boy bander’s tragic death after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
About 400 grieving fans consoled each other and circled the arch in a New York City park with Payne’s beloved music playing on a boombox for a candlelight vigil to celebrate the life of the 31-year-old former One Direction star. Sang with.
“I feel like I lost someone,” Kelly Boslow, 19, told The Post.
Boslow said she was introduced to Payne when she was 10 years old when she appeared on The
“I feel like we grew up together.”
Evanna Portilla, 25, and her sister Phoebe Portilla, 23, sat together near a fence with Payne’s photo, a white rose and a candle placed on the ground.
“He touched a lot of people’s lives,” the elder sister said.
“Liam’s infectious personality has always made me happy. I used to sit in my room in high school and middle school and spend countless hours listening to One Direction. He and his music mean a lot to everyone.
The tearful crowd wore One Direction costumes and brought candles, flowers, letters, balloons, paintings and drawings, among other things, to create a memorial, which they embraced throughout the vigil, planned by a loyal supporter Joe wanted to honor the profound memories of Payne’s career. Has provided fans over the years.
Alyssa DelVito, 25, brought a homemade candle in Payne’s honor, explaining that One Direction helped her through difficult times growing up and gave her a community of friends around the world, comparing the band to The Beatles .
“I just broke down. I felt like an era had ended. Like I was saying goodbye to my childhood,” she said, describing how she felt when she learned about the star’s death.
singer was reportedly under the influence Casasur died on Wednesday night after falling from the third-floor balcony of his room at the Palermo Hotel due to exposure to a dangerous substance called “crystal”, according to Buenos Aires police. told TMZ on Friday.
Police said the substance can cause users to experience hallucinations and extreme highs and lows, often causing them to become aggressive.
Police believe medication may have been behind the singer’s “erratic” behavior before his death and hallucinations may have played a role in his fatal fall.
Although it is unclear whether his fall was intentional or accidental, a Autopsy was released on Thursday Indicated that Payne may have been unconscious when he fell.
Sources told TMZ that the singer’s body was found along with “a bottle of whiskey, a lighter and a cellphone” on the ground floor outside a Buenos Aires hotel.
Medics said Payne’s injuries were “incompatible with life” – according to La Nación, first responders described a “cranial fracture” that led to “instant death”.
Photos taken from inside Payne’s hotel suite after his death show a chaotic sceneThe room was littered with trash, champagne bottles, a broken television and piles of drug paraphernalia including powder and tinfoil.
The images also show a packet of Dove soap, an empty glass, the remains of a burnt candle and the burnt top of a drinks can on a desk – as well as traces of a white powder which authorities confirm Will test to see if it could be cocaine. La Nación, Argentina’s largest newspaper, reported, confirming the shocking images.
Payne, who leaves behind his 7-year-old son, had been to rehab twice before – when he was a member of One Direction and after the group’s split in 2015 – and has commented on how addiction made him suicidal. Made it.
He was reportedly telling people that he was sober in the months before his death A source with direct knowledge tells TMZ,
“No one should die like this,” said Busola Oshin, a 20-year-old New York University student.
“It’s terrible. He was only 31. I just hope he finds peace.”
