１Ｄリアム・ペインさん密葬 ハリー・スタイルズさんらも参列 英

【アマーシャム（英国）ＡＦＰ＝時事】英ロンドン郊外で２０日、先月アルゼンチンのホテルで転落死した英男性アイドルグループ「ワン・ダイレクション」のメンバーで歌手のリアム・ペインさん（３１）の密葬が執り行われた。（写真は英バッキンガムシャー州アマーシャムのセント・メアリー教会にリアム・ペインさんのひつぎを運ぶ人々）
　イングランド南部バッキンガムシャー州アマーシャムのセント・メアリー教会で行われた葬儀には、両親と２人の姉妹、ガールフレンドのケイト・キャシディさん、息子をもうけた元パートナーのシェリル・トゥイーディさんらが参列。ワン・ダイレクションのハリー・スタイルズさん、ナイル・ホーランさん、ルイ・トムリンソンさん、元メンバーのゼイン・マリクさんも姿を見せた。
　ペインさんのひつぎは、「息子」「パパ」という言葉をつづった花束で飾られた馬車に乗せられて教会に到着し、その後に両親が続いた。
　近くに張られた規制線の外側からは十数人のファンが、参列者同士がハグし、通り過ぎる様子を見守った。
　ペインさんは１０月１６日、アルゼンチンの首都ブエノスアイレスのホテルから転落死し、家族とグループのメンバー、世界中のファンは悲しみに包まれた。
　ワン・ダイレクションは、マリクさんが脱退した２０１６年に無期限の休止を発表していた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/11/21-18:22）

Family and friends of One Direction star Liam Payne, who died last month after falling from a Buenos Aires hotel room, gathered for his funeral in Britain on Wednesday.
Payne's former bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson were among the dozens of mourners at the private service at St Mary's Church in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, just outside London.
Payne's tearful parents were joined by his two sisters, his girlfriend Kate Cassidy and former partner Cheryl Tweedy, with whom he has a son.
Around a dozen fans watched from behind a nearby cordon as guests hugged each other before walking past floral tributes into the 12th-century church to pay their final respects.
Because his death was such a public death, to have the funeral in a private way... I think it was very nice, said onlooker Sheila Morris, a 65-year-old from Amersham.
It's a beautiful church... it's a very beautiful place for a funeral, she said.
Payne's coffin arrived in a white horse-drawn hearse topped with floral tributes spelling the words Son and Daddy, followed by his parents.
Payne was found dead on October 16 after falling from the balcony of his third-floor room at the Casa Sur Hotel in the Argentinian capital.
His death, at 31, prompted a global outpouring of grief from family, former bandmates and fans, with thousands gathering in cities around the world to offer condolences.
- 'Completely devastated' -
Payne shot to stardom as a teenager alongside Styles, Horan, Tomlinson and Malik after their appearance on the UK talent show The X Factor 14 years ago.
He died from multiple traumas and internal and external haemorrhaging after the fall from the hotel room, a post-mortem examination found.
The balcony attached to his room overlooked a rear patio that was about 14 meters (45 feet) high.
Hotel staff had called emergency services twice to report a guest overwhelmed by drugs and alcohol who was destroying a hotel room.
Investigators have said he was alone at the time and appeared to have been going through an episode of substance abuse.
In a short statement following his death, Payne's family said: We are heartbroken. Liam will forever live in our hearts and we'll remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul.
One Direction said they had been completely devastated by his death.
After forming in 2010, the band went on to release an album of radio-ready songs each year in time for the holiday shopping season and became one of the highest-grossing live acts in the world.
In 2016, after Malik left, the group said it was on an indefinite hiatus but not splitting up.
Payne's first solo single Strip That Down peaked at number three on the UK charts and number 10 on the US Billboard top songs list.
But in recent years he had spoken publicly about struggles with substance abuse and coping with fame from an early age.
His last solo work, the single Teardrops, was released in March, with a second album announced at the time.
Payne was born and raised in Wolverhampton, central England.