Simon Cowell is mourning the loss of Liam Payne as tributes to the late One Direction singer continue to pour in. Cowell shared a statement on social media expressing his thoughts about Payne and remembering the singer with touching words.

The British singer died on Wednesday, Oct. 16 after falling from a balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires

The globally successful band that included Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik were first formed on Cowell's reality show, 'The X-Factor', in 2010.