Liam Payne and Kate Cassidy.
DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty ImagesOne Direction alum Liam Payne he had been in love with influence Kate Cassidy two years before he died at the age of 31 in October 2024.
Payne and Cassidy were first linked in October 2022, and Cassidy posted the singer on her Instagram page one month earlier. Us Weekly confirmed the news of his death on October 16. Payne died after falling from the third floor of his hotel in Argentina, according to CNN.
Before his relationship with Cassidy, Payne dated Cheryl Colewelcomed son Bear in 2017, from 2016 to 2018, and was engaged Maya Henry from 2020 to 2021.
Keep scrolling for a look back at Payne and Cassidy’s relationship:
October 2022
Payne and Cassidy sparked romance rumors after the Daily Mail published pictures of them attending a Halloween party holding hands.
December 2022

The couple made their first appearance on the red carpet at the British Fashion Awards. Payne wore a suit while Cassidy wore a black dress with chest slits and a thigh-high tail.
January 2023

Cassidy shared several Instagram photos of the two of them, including a photo of them sitting in an elevator.
March 2023

Cassidy accompanied Payne to meet the One Direction alum for the first time Louis Tomlinsona documentary All Those Words.
“What a crazy eye-opening experience!” Cassidy posted photos of herself and Payne at the event on Instagram, adding that it was “so nice to meet” Tomlinson. “@Louist91 well done for a great movie that everyone will love🤍.”
May 2023
Source only told Us Weekly that Payne and Cassidy were “broken up.”
June 2023
One month after calling it quits, Payne and Cassidy were spotted holding hands on a night out in London.
March 2024
Cassidy turned heads in a striped dress while out with Payne in Paris.
August 2024

Payne sparked outrage after joking that Cassidy was “covered once” in a fitting TikTok video. Cassidy later defended Payne against claims that her comments were “misogynistic,” noting in a subsequent TikTok that she had actually told him to make a joke.
“He doesn’t care what I wear,” he assured his fans.
September 2024

Payne was all smiles in the photo Cassidy shared of them at the wedding. The two also danced together in a TikTok video before the wedding.
October 2024
Cassidy shared a TikTok video of herself and Payne bowling, noting that she “takes me bowling at least four times a week.”
October 2024

Payne died at the age of 31 after falling from the third floor of the CasaSur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires.
