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The former "What Makes You Beautiful" singer, 31, was on a trip to Argentina when he died, as reported by CNN.
He and Kate Cassidy, 25, an influencer who hails from Bergen County, reportedly began dating in 2022, and began posting photos of each other on social media.
Cassidy's Facebook page says she's a Harrington Park native and that she attended Northern Valley Regional High School - Old Tappan. She reportedly graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 2021.
The day before Payne's death, Cassidy shared a TikTok video about her journey back to the United States from South America saying she was "so ready to leave" as she doesn't like staying in the same place for too long. Her seat home on the flight was 1D: "I feel like this happens every single time I fly," she said.
Cassidy has more than 189K followers on TikTok, where she videos dancing with her beau, and 179K followers on Instagram, where hundreds of people shared their condolences in her comment section.
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