(18 Oct 2024)
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Buenos Aires, Argentina – 18 October 2024
1. Car arriving at hotel
2. Geoff Payne, father of singer Liam Payne, getting out of car
3. Exterior of hotel
STORYLINE:
The father of former One Direction star Liam Payne arrived in Buenos Aires on Friday to arrange for the return of his son’s body to England two days after the famous boy band singer fell to his death from a hotel balcony.
After landing at the Buenos Aires International Airport in the early morning hours, Geoff Payne was photographed emerging in a blue suit from a downtown hotel accompanied by British consular officials and stepping into a sleek black van.
Argentine authorities said Payne was headed to the local prosecutor’s office, which is investigating the case as a matter of protocol, to organize the repatriation of his son’s remains. Local media reported that he later visited the morgue.
It’s the first time that any of Payne’s family members have been seen publicly since the star’s sudden death, which set off an outpouring of grief and emotion from major pop industry figures and diehard One Direction fans across the world.
The shock hit particularly hard at home, with his family saying in a statement that they “are heartbroken.”
“Liam will forever live in our hearts and we’ll remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul,” the family said in a statement shortly after his death.
“We are supporting each other the best we can as a family and ask for privacy and space at this awful time.”
In various media interviews over the years, Payne had often expressed gratitude and affection for his auto mechanic father and nurse mother, describing them as hard-working and supportive.
Both parents made cameos in “One Direction: This Is Us,” the 2013 concert documentary about the popular boy band.
AP video shot by: Victor R. Caivano and Cristian Kovadloff
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