Liam Payne’s Family Speaks Out After Singer’s Death: ‘We Are Heartbroken’

[stewie_e]

Liam Payne’s Family Speaks Out After Singer’s Death: ‘We Are Heartbroken’ https://t.co/7SlMnwDgMm
- billboard (@billboard) October 17, 2024
Liam Payne's family have issued a statement following his untimely death

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[nutella_forever]

I’ll always remember my dad telling me that when my paternal grandfather died at 56 he was the one that brought my great grandmother, that was 80 at the time
He said that before entering she stopped out of the room where his body was for a moment and said to him “Paolo, that’s my baby in there” and even if almost 40 years now have passed he still thinks about that moment sometimes

I can’t even begin to imagine how it must feel for a parent to lose a child at any age, my thoughts are with them and with his child, I hope they are keeping him away from the internet

[januarysix]

my 90 at the time grandmother had 7 kids and had never lost one until my uncle died at age 60. Even though she had dementia she still occasionally became lucid and remembered that he died. My aunt had tried to not tell her at first but it was like she knew something was wrong.

[setsuna16]

My grandmother was still alive when my dad had his open heart surgery. I didn't think that my dad was going to die (and he didn't), but I had to prep myself for possibly being the person to tell my grandmother, the most important person in my life, that her son died before she did.

She ended up coming to the procedure, which I didn't expect. But I was fully ready to do it.

[trynabme]

Yup! A cousion of mine passed in Dec 22 around 56 years old, her mother is about 85 and she said the same thing "my baby, no, not my baby girl"

[lomhm]

ugh, yes 💔 my grandma lost 2 babies within days-weeks of birth, obvs before i was born, but i will never forget the way she completely crumpled when my family and i had to tell her that my uncle had passed. it’s something you never forget :(

she passed in february, and had dementia, and the last few weeks she kept asking about him. when we told her he was in heaven, she would just put her head in her hands and say “no no no no no” 😭😭 it was so fricken heartbreaking

[heyitsrocky91]

My great-grandmother outlived all 4 of her children (and her husband) unfortunately (2 died in a car accident together, my grandmother died from breast cancer, and 1 died from an illness that I can't remember right now). When my great-grandmother was getting toward the end of her life at 99 and had dementia and a stroke, she would sob uncontrollably because none of "her babies or husband" were around. I don't remember as much because I was young too but I do remember that :( losing one child is bad enough, but to lose all of your children? I still feel so bad for her.

[ellie_andrews]

oh reading this made me tear up :( my uncle died in his early 30s, and my grandma couldn't enter the room where the casket was at first. i just remember her crying "I can't go in there." it was awful.

[braindiva]

That is heartbreaking.

One of my aunts lived with my grandparents her whole life because she had severe physical and mental handicaps. My grandparents took care of her until they were both in their late 70s and it was physically too much for them. That was about a few years before my grandfather passed. When my aunt passed away about 6 years later, my grandmother, who was a very tough lady, said losing my aunt was the most unbearable event in her whole life. It was so much worse than all the other many deaths and losses she had endured. My grandmother died about a year later. My grandma would say she was hanging on for my aunt, and when she was gone, I think she clearly felt released. Losing a child at whatever age is truly awful.

[pretend_to_care]

My mom's brother and his wife lost two children while they were both alive. One was stillborn, but the other died of complications of breast cancer when she was only 32. I am not sure my aunt ever truly recovered from that, and one of my two surviving cousins found her dead in bed when she was in her sixties. I feel so badly for that branch of the family tree.