Overview
- Ruth Gibbins shared a photo and wrote that missing her brother is now “part of breathing,” marking one year since his funeral at St Mary’s Church in Amersham.
- Liam Payne, 31, died in October 2024 after falling from a third‑floor balcony at Buenos Aires’ Casa Sur Hotel, with a post‑mortem citing multiple traumas and internal and external haemorrhage.
- A pre‑inquest review at Buckinghamshire Coroner’s Court was adjourned to May 7, 2026, as Senior Coroner Crispin Butler seeks full Argentine reports and eyewitness statements via the FCDO.
- Fans gathered at the Buenos Aires hotel to create a shrine in his memory, and tributes were also paid in his hometown of Wolverhampton.
- Court documents show Payne died intestate with an estimated £24 million estate, and Cheryl has been granted authority to administer it under UK rules expected to benefit their son.