Niall Horan Reflects on Grief Over Liam Payne's Death, Recalls Final Happy Memory Together
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Natalie Oganesyan
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Summary
Niall Horan reflects on the death of his One Direction bandmate Liam Payne in a new interview with The Times U.K. He shares that his last memory of Payne was a happy one, having spent time together in Argentina just weeks before Payne's death in October 2024. Horan describes the grief as having both "light and shade" and admits it still feels surreal, noting that their friendship was a permanent bond even when they didn't see each other often.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledI'm glad of that, it means my last memory of him was happy.
It still feels surreal. On day one I was, like, 'Nah, it didn't happen.'
Our friendship was a bond that was there forever even if we hadn't seen each other for a while and it's wild that one day,
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