Liam Payne fans 'heartbroken' as video comes out following star's tragic death
by Amy Jones, Isabelle Bates, https://www.facebook.com/acjoness, https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/isabelle-bates/ · Birmingham LiveFans of Liam Payne has expressed their heartbreak after a new video of the star was shared on social media. It comes after the 31-year-old fell to his death off a balcony in Argentina last month.
And now Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter, has posted a video of the late star. The pair can be seen performing together in the footage.
Tom wrote alongside the clip: "Devastating news - Such a gentleman. Kind, generous and talented in equal amounts. Love to all his family, friends and fans xx."
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In the video, Liam says: "We thought we would just give you a little bit extra. Tom has kindly learnt Little Things, so we're going to give you a verse and chorus to that."
Tom then adds: "I'll do my best mate." The duo then perform the One Direction hit, with Tom on guitar and Liam singing, interspersed with nostalgic footage of a young Tom performing as Draco.
Liam, who was from Wolverhampton, then says: "Yes!" and claps his hands at the end of the video, The Mirror reports. He says: "We did it, beautiful", while Tom grins broadly and takes a playful bow. Liam adds: "Thank you so much for coming on to play for us."
Tom says: "That was so much fun". As the video wraps up, Liam is seen leading a round of applause, saying, "Give it up."
One heartbroken fan commented on the video: "This is something really special, my heart breaks all over again watching it's honestly just so tragic."
A second added: "This is so beautiful. Rest in peace Liam.". Another wrote: "Oh my two worlds colliding and I'm sobbing! Thanks love you!" followed by yet another who mourned, "Rip such an angel he was."
"This is seriously so lovely," one person said. A fan added: "That's lovely, he was a Harry Potter fan too."
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