Liam Payne's school friend reveals tragic final chat as he begged star 'don't lose your head'

Liam Payne, 1 5th of world-famous set One Direction, fell to his decease successful Buenos Aires connected Wednesday

A erstwhile schoolhouse person of Liam Payne said helium was distraught by the singer’s decease successful Argentina.

The star’s decease was announced connected Wednesday. The former One Direction hitmaker was holidaying successful Buenos Aires with his woman Kate Cassidy erstwhile helium fell from the 3rd level of a hotel.

Liam, who was known for being 1 5th of the world-famous band, recovered fame successful 2011 aft appearing connected The X Factor , erstwhile justice Simon Cowell placed him successful a set with Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles , Zayn Malik and Niall Horan.

John Carpenter was successful the aforesaid people arsenic Liam astatine St Peter’s Collegiate secondary schoolhouse successful Wolverhampton.

He told BBC Radio WM that the One Direction prima was “absolutely mobbed by everyone” arsenic helium roseate to fame. John said Liam was his “first friend” and jokingly asked him to beryllium his bodyguard aft appearing connected X Factor.

He said helium was “absolutely shocked and heartbroken” astatine the quality of his decease successful Argentina. The brace stayed successful interaction connected Facebook and Instagram for respective years aft leaving St Peter’s.

Recalling their past conversation, John said: “I told him, ‘I privation you perfectly the precise champion but delight don’t suffer your head. Stay grounded and retrieve our clip astatine St Peter’s wherever you go’.”

In a tragic crook of events this week, Liam fell from the 3rd level of a edifice gathering successful the Argentinian capital. Police, firefighters and ambulances were seen extracurricular of a edifice gathering aft Liam tragically fell. Police are said to person been called to reports of a antheral acting aggressively astatine the edifice who could beryllium nether the effect of portion oregon drugs.

A assemblage was recovered successful an interior patio of the hotel. The constabulary were called to the edifice by the edifice manager. It's believed that Liam fell from astir 13 oregon 14 metres and suffered "very superior injuries incompatible with life." While City ambulance work supplier spokesperson Alberto Crescenti said helium had fallen astir 40 metres and suffered “severe injuries which were incompatible with life.”

In a statement, the section ambulance manager told TN: "At 17.04 done the 911 integrated nationalist information system, we were alerted of a idiosyncratic who was successful an interior courtyard of the absorption of a southbound location hotel.

"At 17.11 a SAME squad arrived and verified the decease of this antheral and aboriginal we recovered retired that helium was a vocalist successful a philharmonic group. Unfortunately, helium had injuries that were incompatible with life, arsenic a effect of his fall, truthful we had to corroborate his death, determination was nary anticipation of resuscitation."

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