Liam Payne’s family make heartwarming gesture in his memory after funeral

A money acceptable up successful Liam Payne’s sanction volition assistance physique a caller Cancer Centre for children astatine Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The One Direction vocalist was laid to remainder contiguous aft helium died aged 31 connected October 16 aft falling from a balcony successful Argentina.

The ceremonial saw his household and adjacent friends attend, including erstwhile bandmates Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan, arsenic good arsenic his woman Kate Cassidy and Cheryl, the parent of his lad Bear.

Photos from extracurricular the work besides showed his devastated parents Geoff and Karen Payne ticker connected arsenic his coffin arrived astatine the church, decorated with a mound of achromatic roses.

The acheronian bluish coffin was transported successful a achromatic horse-drawn carriage, with angiosperm tributes speechmaking ‘Son’ and ‘Daddy’ placed connected top.

It’s present been revealed his household made a touching tribute to Payne, with the bid of work stating donations made to the foundation successful his sanction would assistance sick children battling cancer.

‘Thank you for your donation to Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity successful representation of our person Liam Payne,’ it read.

‘Your donation contiguous volition proceed Liam’s bequest by helping to physique a marque new Children’s Cancer Centre astatine Great Ormond Street Hospital.

‘This unthinkable caller gathering volition assistance springiness earnestly sick children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer.’

This comes aft it was revealed past period Payne spent his last days supporting sick children.

In a bid of Snapchat videos, a tract helium was posting connected conscionable hours earlier his death, the performer spoke astir wanting to assistance successful immoderate mode helium could.

‘I’ve ever felt truly fortunate to beryllium successful the presumption that I’m successful and my beingness aspiration has been to beryllium a superhero… but I can’t fly, I’m not a large mechanic, I wasn’t affected by radiation, and I’m not incredibly strong,’ helium began.

‘All I cognize is determination are websites retired determination for you to beryllium capable to donate to sick children that request your help.’

He past encouraged his followers to besides assistance if they could too, sharing: ‘It doesn’t substance however tiny the donation is, oregon however large the donation is.

‘All that matters is you look into that child’s eyes and you realise… arsenic a father, it hits maine somewhat otherwise due to the fact that I look astatine them and if that was my child, I would privation everyone successful the satellite to conscionable look astatine me. Please, look astatine maine and assistance me.

‘The past fewer nights, I’ve been spending immoderate clip connected GoFundMe, a fantastic website. I’m not definite astir the extremity thing, though, guys, you request to enactment that out, due to the fact that that’s not right; we should beryllium giving the tips to the kids, man.’

Payne went connected to stock helium was ‘trying to decorativeness disconnected people’s donations truthful that they tin get the operations they need’.

He added: ‘It’s despicable that, successful 2024, these kids are having to wage for these aesculapian things that would beryllium escaped successful my country.’

Some of those helium helped included four-year-old Macy Shepard, who was diagnosed with a tumour connected her kidney.

Following his decease past month, Payne’s household shared a connection saying they were ‘heartbroken’.

‘Liam volition everlastingly unrecorded successful our hearts, and we’ll retrieve him for his kind, comic and brave soul.

‘We are supporting each different the champion we tin arsenic a household and inquire for privateness and abstraction astatine this atrocious time.’

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