{"id":1987753,"date":"2025-08-30T01:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T01:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1987753"},"modified":"2025-08-30T01:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T01:09:02","slug":"liam-paynes-sister-recalls-last-time-she-saw-him-before-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/liam-paynes-sister-recalls-last-time-she-saw-him-before-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Payne\u2019s Sister Recalls Last Time She Saw Him Before Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/liam-payne\/\"><strong>Liam Payne\u2019s<\/strong> <\/a>sister <strong>Nicola<\/strong> has reflected on the final time she saw her late brother prior to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/liam-payne-dead-at-31\/#:~:text=He%20was%2031.,he%20went%20over%20the%20side.\">his death at age 31<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Taking <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DN8WmgZjL3v\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to Instagram<\/a> on Friday, August 29, to mark what would have been the One Direction singer\u2019s 32nd birthday, Nicola shared a poignant message alongside several photos of Liam, including pictures of them posing together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cA year ago today, we were so full of hope and excitement for what the years ahead would bring you,\u201d Nicola, 37, wrote, as she reflected on the last time she saw her brother. \u201cThat night, celebrating your birthday with bowling and McDonald\u2019s, we celebrated you, your show, your dreams, and spoke of all the plans you had for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She continued, \u201cWe ended the evening with a hug, telling you how proud we were and how much we loved you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Nicola went on to express that she wished she could relive the happy memory with her late sibling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIf I had known that would be the last time I\u2019d see you, I would have said so much more. I wish I could step into a time machine and relive that night and hug you tighter, capture your smile and voice, ask more questions, and write it all down so I\u2019d never forget,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI hope you\u2019re happy, at peace, and know how deeply you are loved. I miss you every single day, and I don\u2019t think there will ever be a day that I don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DN8WmgZjL3v\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Nicola concluded the post with a birthday wish for Liam, adding, \u201cSo today, on your birthday, I want to wish you the happiest heavenly birthday. Wherever you are, I hope you\u2019re celebrating and hopefully you\u2019ve scored a few strikes too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She then signed off the post with \u201cLove you always.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Liam died in October 2024 after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenes Aires. The \u201cStrip That Down\u201d singer was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/liam-payne-laid-to-rest-at-funeral-after-death-who-attended\/\">laid to rest in a private funeral<\/a> held in Amersham, England in November that same year. The funeral was attended by close friends and family as well as his former One Direction band members <strong>Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik<\/strong> and<strong> Louis Tomlinson.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/liam-paynes-sister-posts-heartbreaking-tribute-to-her-late-brother\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/liam-paynes-sister-posts-heartbreaking-tribute-to-her-late-brother\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Liam Payne&#8217;s Sister Posts Heartbreaking Tribute to Her &#8216;Best Friend&#8217;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tLiam Payne\u2018s sister, Ruth Gibbins, posted a heartbreaking and emotional tribute to her late brother, calling him her \u201cbest friend\u201d and apologizing for not being able to \u201csave\u201d him. Taking to Instagram on Saturday, October 19, Gibbins posted a carousel of family photos featuring the late singer, who died at 31 on Wednesday, October 16, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Following Liam\u2019s death, Nicola was among many mourners who reacted to the tragic news <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/liam-paynes-sister-posts-heartbreaking-tribute-to-her-late-brother\/\">via an Instagram tribute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen I saw the news pop up on my phone that you had left us I went cold, I wanted to so much for this to be untrue,\u201d Nicola wrote in October 2024. \u201cI have spent days hoping that it was a mistake and somebody has got it wrong. You were truly too good for this earth, you are an angel who just lived for making people smile and happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She added, \u201cYou have always shown kindness to everyone you met and it shows with just how many people have confirmed what we always knew!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liam Payne\u2019s sister Nicola has reflected on the final time she saw her late brother prior to his death at age 31 last year. Taking to Instagram on Friday, August 29, to mark what would have been the One Direction singer\u2019s 32nd birthday, Nicola shared a poignant message alongside several photos of Liam, including pictures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1987754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22367,22062,24003,21928],"class_list":["post-1987753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-news","tag-social-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Liam-Paynes-Sister-Recalls-Last-Time-She-Saw-Him-Before.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}