Nicole Scherzinger was one of many livesLiam Payne touched before his sudden and shocking death.
She took toInstagramto pen the emotional tribute.
She concluded the letter by reassuring followers that Payne may be gone, but he’ll never be forgotten.
I will ‘miss you’ my friend and carry you in my heart.
My thoughts and prayers are with your family," she said.
She was working on the Broadway production “SUNSET BLVD.”
with veteran composer Andrew Lloyd Webber when she heard the devastating news.
And the fact that she even did the show at all is extraordinary," Webber recalled toBillboard.
It was an idea Scherzinger couldn’t get out of her head.
“They’d be the cutest boy band ever,” she gushed.
Still, even after combining the singers into a group, Payne still managed to stand out to Scherzinger.
But their work together didn’t end after “X Factor.”
