Liam Payne’s father arrives in Argentina after singer’s death

The begetter of erstwhile One Direction prima Liam Payne has travelled to Buenos Aires pursuing the singer’s death, which his erstwhile spouse Cheryl has said is “indescribably painful”.

Geoff Payne was pictured successful a navy suit exiting the Casa Sur Hotel successful the Argentine capital, wherever the 31-year-old British prima fell from a 3rd level balcony connected Wednesday.

Mr Payne is said to person flown to the state to organise the repatriation of his son, the Associated Press has reported.

It comes aft the singer’s household said they were “heartbroken” pursuing his death, adding: “Liam volition everlastingly unrecorded successful our hearts and we’ll retrieve him for his kind, comic and brave soul.”

Girls Aloud vocalist Cheryl has since voiced concerns implicit protecting the seven-year-old lad she shares with Payne, pursuing their high-profile narration betwixt 2016 and 2018.

“As I effort to navigate this world shattering event, and enactment done my ain grief astatine this indescribably achy time, I’d similar to kindly punctual everyone that we person mislaid a quality being,” she wrote successful a station connected Instagram.

Sharing a achromatic and achromatic representation of Payne successful furniture with his young lad Bear, she added: “Liam was not lone a popular prima and celebrity, helium was a son, a brother, an uncle, a beloved person and a begetter to our 7 twelvemonth aged son.

“A lad that present has to look the world of ne'er seeing his begetter again.”

The 41-year-old concluded the connection urging radical to springiness Payne “the small dignity helium has near successful the aftermath of his decease to remainder successful immoderate bid astatine last”.

Her connection came aft Payne’s woman Kate Cassidy said she was astatine a “complete loss” pursuing his death.

“Nothing astir the past fewer days person felt real,” she said successful a station connected her Instagram story.

“Liam, my angel, you are everything. I privation you to cognize I loved you unconditionally and completely. I volition proceed to emotion you for the remainder of my life. I emotion you Liam.”

Meanwhile euphony mogul Simon Cowell said helium was “truly devastated” aft the decease of the singer, adding that helium besides felt “heartbroken” and “empty”.

Payne recovered fame alongside Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles erstwhile The X Factor creator Cowell enactment them unneurotic to signifier One Direction connected the ITV endowment amusement successful 2010.

“Every teardrop I person shed is simply a representation of you,” helium wrote successful a connection connected Instagram.

The 65-year-old titan of the euphony manufacture said his lad Bear “will beryllium truthful arrogant of everything you achieved, and however you achieved it”.

Payne archetypal auditioned for The X Factor successful 2008 erstwhile helium was 14, singing Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me To The Moon, with justice Cowell telling him to instrumentality to the endowment amusement 2 years later.

In 2010 helium impressed the judges with a rendition of Michael Buble’s Cry Me A River earlier being enactment with 4 different solo hopefuls astatine the footwear campy signifier of the contention – the radical which aboriginal became One Direction.

“I had to archer you erstwhile you were 14 that this wasn’t your time. And we some made a committedness that we would conscionable again. A batch of radical would person fixed up. You didn’t,” Cowell said.

He besides said that Payne had visited him past twelvemonth wherever they “reminisced astir each of the amusive times we had together”.

“After you left, I was reminded that you were inactive the sweet, benignant lad I had met each of those years ago,” helium added.

It came aft Horan was the past bandmate to stock a touching tribute, saying helium volition “cherish each moment” helium had with Payne “forever”.

Payne was spotted dancing astatine Horan’s amusement astir 2 weeks agone astatine the Movistar Arena alongside his woman Cassidy successful Argentina.

“I consciousness truthful fortunate that I got to spot him recently. I sadly didn’t cognize that aft saying goodbye and hugging him that evening, I would beryllium saying goodbye forever. It’s heartbreaking,” Horan wrote.

Payne’s different bandmembers besides paid abstracted affectional tributes connected societal media, portion a associated connection from the set said they were “completely devastated” and volition miss the vocalist “terribly”, adding the “memories we shared with him volition beryllium treasured forever”.

The vocalist died of aggregate traumas and “internal and outer haemorrhage”, a post-mortem introspection study said.

Argentina’s National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office No 16 said it was investigating the incidental arsenic an “inconclusive death” pursuing the report.