Harry Styles is the most recent One Direction member to share a heartbreaking message following the premature demise of Liam Payne at simply 31 years outdated.

Alongside a photograph of Payne sitting on a stage, singing to an enormous area crowd, Styles wrote by way of Instagram on Thursday (Oct. 17), “I am truly devastated by Liam’s passing. His greatest joy was making other people happy, and it was an honour to be alongside him as he did it.”

The message continued, “Liam lived wide open, with his heart on his sleeve, he had an energy for life that was infectious. He was warm, supportive, and incredibly loving. The years we spent together will forever remain among the most cherished years of my life. I will miss him always, my lovely friend. My heart breaks for Karen, Geoff, Nicola and Ruth, his son Bear, and all those around the world who knew and loved him, as I did.”

See Styles’ publish right here.

The assertion comes along with one from Louis Tomlinson, a publish from Zayn and a joint message by the surviving members of One Direction, by which they wrote, “In time, and when everyone is able to, there will be more to say. But for now, we will take some time to grieve and process the loss of our brother, who we loved dearly. The memories we shared with him will be treasured forever.”

Payne died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at round 5:07 p.m. native time after sustaining a number of accidents from a three-floor fall, a latest preliminary post-mortem confirmed. Local authorities imagine he was not sober on the time and located substances that seemed to be narcotics and alcoholic drinks in his room after they arrived on the scene. In the moments main as much as the star’s demise, a lodge supervisor referred to as 911 to report {that a} visitor was “overwhelmed with drugs and alcohol” and “destroying [their] entire room”; by the point police obtained there, Payne had already fallen from the balcony of his room and died on account of his accidents.