Liam Payne’s sister Nicola pays tribute to ‘angel’ who ‘lived for making people smile and happy’

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

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

‘When I saw the news pop up on my phone I 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.’ 

This is a breaking news story. More to follow.  

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