Oh man: Liam Payne, Former One Direction Member, Dies at 31.

This is awful.

I was never a big One Direction fan, but I did end up really liking some of their music after "discovering" them after they had long since broken up. One of my favorite songs of all time is What a Feeling, which I believe was largely written by Payne because he would sing it at his solo gigs...

And here's the original studio version of the song by One Direction I fell in love with. It's the same, but also very different at the same time...

Liam Payne was highly talented musician who probably never got the recognition he deserved as an artist because he was part of a "boy band." What a terrible loss for his son, friends, fans, and family. 31 years old is just way too young to leave this earth.

Rest in Peace, sir.