Liam Payne's sister found out he died when she saw the news 'pop up' on her phone

Liam Payne and sister Nicola
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Liam Payne's sister Nicola has paid tribute to her brother who died on Wednesday, October 16. She revealed she found out Liam had died when she saw the 'news pop up' on her phone.

The former One Direction singer died from serious injuries he sustained after a fall from the third-floor balcony of the CasaSur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A preliminary post-mortem examination suggested Liam died from "multiple traumas" causing "internal and external bleeding" as a result of the 40-foot drop.

Nicola took to Instagram with an emotional message to her younger brother alongside a series of photos. She said: "I have posted about Liam and his achievements over the years with a proud sister alert and that has stood then, now and always!!! When I saw the news pop up on my phone that you had left us I went cold, I wanted so much for this to be untrue."

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She says that she has spent the time since his death hoping that it was a mistake and somebody has got it 'wrong'. Nicola described her brother as "truly too good for this Earth, an angel who just lived for making people smile and happy"

The emotional tribute continued: “You have always shown kindness to everyone you met and it shows with just how many people have confirmed what we always knew. We don’t have many pictures together as we never really did that as a family, we never wanted you to feel like you were in a room of fans, but we were your biggest fans always and forever."

Nicola reflected on family life with Liam who fathered seven-year-old Bear and how "excited" he was to be an uncle to her daughter Ffion. The singer's sister has been looking back at the messages from the night she had Ffion and how excited Liam was to meet her.

Liam's older sister added: "You led your life with a motto of why bother doing something unless you are brilliant at it, and Liam you were certainly brilliant at everything you did!! Unfortunately this cruel world is always quick to judge someone from a few 5 second clips, they then think it entitles them to be able to speak like they know you. We knew you and we loved you."

Nicola ended her emotional statement asking her brother to "look after" their family and in return they would tell his son as much as possible about Liam. She said "I hope you have finally found peace up there and that you’ll continue to look after us all as you have done in life.We will make sure Bear knows all about his daddy and how much you loved him, we promise this. See you soon Liam, Love You xx”

The statement posted by Nicola follows the tribute posted by their sister Ruth over the weekend. Ruth Payne said her "brain is struggling to catch up with what's happening" as she shared intimate details about life as his sister.

Ruth discussed how close she was to Liam and how dedicated he was to music and his career. She added: "Our calls would often result in me laughing at his ideas and next adventure, talking through his plans and working through his issues but it would always end with 'love you miss you' 'love you.'