Liam Payne’s sister Nicola pays tribute to ‘angel’

Liam Payne‘s grief-stricken sister has paid a heartbreaking tribute to the One Direction star saying he ‘lived for making people smile’.

Nicola Payne revealed in a tearjerking post on Instagram that she found out that her sibling had died in a hotel balcony fall in Argentina when a news alert popped up on her phone.

She said she ‘went cold’ when she saw it and had spent the last few days hoping it was a mistake as she struggled to come to terms with Liam’s tragic death. 

Nicola shared family snaps as well as one of Liam on stage with 1D alongside an emotional tribute as she said: ‘You were truly too good for this earth, you are an angel who just lived for making people smile and happy.’ 

The 36-year-old told how Liam had always shown kindness to everyone he met and his family were his ‘biggest fans always and forever’. 

Liam Payne’s sister Nicola revealed in a tearjerking post on Instagram that she found out that her sibling had died in a hotel balcony fall in Argentina when a news alert popped up on her phone

She shared a heartbreaking tribute to her younger brother Liam calling him an ‘angel’ 

She shared a family photo of them all smiling into the camera and said they were his ‘biggest fans’ 

‘When I saw the news pop up on my phone that you had left us I went cold,’ she said.

‘I wanted so much for this to be untrue. I have spent days hoping that it was a mistake and somebody has got it wrong.’

She added that she had been looking back at his excited messages from the night before his niece was born.

Nicola ended the post by writing: ‘I hope you have finally found peace up there and that you’ll continue to look after us all as you have done in life. We will make sure Bear knows about his daddy and how much you loved him, we promise this. 

‘See you soon Liam, Love You xx.’ 

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