Liam Payne’s sister Ruth Gibbins has paid tribute to her late brother, who died in October 2024, aged 31, on the anniversary of his funeral.
Liam Payne’s sister says missing her late brother is “now part of breathing”.
Ruth Gibbins took to social media to pay tribute to the One Direction star on the anniversary of his funeral, after he tragically died in October 2024, aged 31, when he fell from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
She admitted time hasn’t made it “easier” to grieve her brother, and insisted she shouldn’t have to “live without him”.
Ruth wrote on her Instagram Stories: “A year ago today, the hardest goodbye I’ll ever have, a funeral I never should have had to plan and everyday since, I never should have had to live without him.
“Missing him is now part of breathing. It doesn’t get easier, it that’s just a lie to make it feel better.
“Infinite love, infinite loss.”
Liam’s other sister Nicola Payne also marked the one-year anniversary of the late pop star’s funeral by sharing a poem, I Would Trade It All, on her Instagram Stories.
The poem read: “I would trade it all,
I’d give up everything I own,
if I could turn the clock back to a time
before the angels called you home.
The grief it never leaves me,
forever I will mourn,
some days it’s just a shower of rain
other days it’s like a storm.
And on the days it’s heavier,
when it hits me like a train,
I know it’s all my love for you
and that my life will never be the same.
And when I feel the anger,
as it sits heavy on my chest,
I know its griefs way of whispering
that I was truly blessed.”
Last month, Ruth told how she was “paralysed” by grief daily following Liam’s death.
She shared a tribute to her late brother on the anniversary his death.
Part of the post read: “I underestimated grief, woah, did I underestimate it. I am paralysed by it daily.
“I thought I had felt it before but I know the losses before you were just intense sadness, you are the loss of my life, the one person who l will miss at every single occasion in my life. I’d taken for granted that my little brother would be there through life.
“You shouldn’t have died.”
A year after Liam passed, Nicola admitted her family’s hearts were “left broken” on the day he died.
Liam Payne’s sister shares heart-breaking tribute on anniversary of late star’s funeral
