Liam Payne funeral: One Direction bandmates attend

One Direction star Liam Payne’s funeral was held Wednesday after he died falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires.

LONDON — Liam Payne’s funeral was held Wednesday in southeast England, just more than a month after the One Direction star died in a fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

The singer, 31, had traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his system when he fell from the third floor Oct. 16, an autopsy revealed. Three people have been charged in connection with the incident.

Argentinian authorities released his body earlier this month, allowing it to be flown back to Britain for burial.

One Direction members Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik attend the funeral of their late band member Liam Payne in Buckinghamshire, England on Wednesday. Getty ImagesThe ceremony at St. Mary’s Church in the town of Amersham, northwest of London, was closed to the public, and attended by only his family and closest friends.His former bandmates — Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles — were in attendance at the private service, along with Payne’s girlfriend at the time of his death, Kate Cassidy.

Girls Aloud star Cheryl and the mother of Payne’s 7-year-old son, Bear, were also involved in the funeral proceedings.

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