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Rita Ora expressed devastation over Liam Payne's death, calling him a joy to work with..
Pop star Rita Ora has performed an emotional rendition of her duet with former One Direction member Liam Payne in tribute to the singer.8...
Payne, who collaborated with Ora on the song For You, died aged 31 after falling from the third-floor balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina..
Ora was a judge on The X Factor in 2015, five years after Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles came third on the show as One Direction..
Former X Factor contestants have paid tribute to Payne, with Cher Lloyd, who appeared on the ITV programme in the same year, writing on Instagram that she will cherish the memories made and the laughs we had. . Mary Byrne told the PA news agency her relationship with Payne was like the older mammy and the boy during their time on the show..