Watch Liam Payne’s first ever meeting with Cheryl aged 14 including that cheeky wink

Liam Payne, 31, has tragically died aft falling from a 3rd level edifice country successful Buenos Aires past nighttime - and leaves down his 7-year-old son, Bear, whom helium shares with ex-partner Cheryl

The decease of Liam Payne continues to nonstop shockwaves crossed the globe aft the 31-year-old vocalist was recovered dormant astatine his edifice successful Argentina past night.

Liam sadly passed distant aft falling from a 3rd level edifice country successful Buenos Aires and suffering “severe injuries which were incompatible with life.” City ambulance spokesperson Alberto Crescenti said the vocalist had fallen astir 40 metres earlier his assemblage was recovered successful an interior patio of the hotel.

The vocalist leaves down a seven-year-old son, Bear, whom helium shares with ex-partner and popstar Cheryl. Before his emergence to planetary stardom arsenic one-fifth of the UK’s biggest boyband, Liam auditioned for the X Factor arsenic a solo enactment successful 2008, aged conscionable fourteen.

It was astatine this audition that helium archetypal met aboriginal beau Cheryl, who was a justice connected the show. Cheryl, past 24, was joined to footballer Ashley Cole, but would aboriginal go Liam’s woman and springiness commencement to their son, Bear Payne.

Liam confidently belted retired his rendition of Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me to the Moon arsenic Cheryl, Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh watched connected successful awe. In the mediate of his audition, Liam gave Cheryl a small wink, which appeared to massively impressment her.

She told a then-teenage Liam: "I similar you, I deliberation you're truly cute. I deliberation you've got charisma - you springiness america that small cheeky wink," earlier putting him done to the adjacent round.

The pair’s narration became authoritative years aft One Direction garnered unparalleled fame arsenic the 1 of the world's biggest boybands. Their romance began successful 2015, erstwhile Cheryl was 32 and Liam was 22.

During this time, Liam and Cheryl welcomed a babe lad named Bear Grey Payne. Announcing the quality connected Instagram, Liam wrote: "I’m incredibly blessed to invited our caller babe lad into the world, it’s a infinitesimal that I volition ne'er hide for the remainder of my beingness and my favourite representation I person truthful far."

The brace made a conscious effort to support Bear retired of the spotlight, with Cheryl telling British Vogue she wanted Bear to person a "normal childhood".

In a touching interrogation 2 years ago, Liam gushed implicit the youngster, and told however helium was appreciative of the clip helium got to walk with him. Liam said: "Time with Bear has been really, truly great, honestly. More than thing I privation to accidental convey you to him and his mum for giving maine a small spot of state to spell and get good successful that infinitesimal due to the fact that I had to."

He aboriginal said of Bear successful a YouTube video: "I benignant of consciousness I’ve got much of a grip connected beingness now, he’s awesome. He’s increasing up acold excessively quickly, it’s a batch of amusive to beryllium astir to ticker him grow".

Cheryl is yet to talk retired connected Liam's abrupt and heartbreaking death.