Liam Payne's sister shares touching tribute to late brother

The sister of One Direction member Liam Payne shared a heartfelt message to him on Saturday, in the latest emotional tribute from around the world following his death earlier this week.

In a statement directly addressed to her late brother, who died Wednesday in Argentina, Ruth Gibbins said she does not "feel this world was good enough or kind enough to you".

"My brain is struggling to catch up with what's happening and I don't understand where you've gone," she posted on Instagram.

FILE PHOTO: British Singer Liam Payne performs at the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards at Wembley Arena in London, Britain, November 12, 2017. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo

"Quite often over the last few years, you've had to try hard to overcome all being aimed at you.

"You just wanted to be loved and to make people happy with your music," she added.

On Friday, Payne's father visited the Buenos Aires hotel where his son plunged to his death from a third-floor balcony days earlier, thanking fans gathered nearby in a shared moment of grief.

After landing in the Argentine capital that morning, Geoff Payne also visited the morgue where the body of his 31-year-old son was being kept pending the results of toxicological tests.

FILE PHOTO: Singer Liam Payne poses for photographers at the world premiere of the film "I am Bolt" in London, Britain, November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo

'Sweet, kindly boy'

Reactions have streamed in, including from Girls Aloud star Cheryl Tweedy, Payne's former partner and the mother of their seven-year-old boy, Bear.

She called his death an "earth-shattering event".

In a social media message, Tweedy hit out at "abhorrent reports and media exploitation" following Payne's death, which was causing "further harm to everyone left behind picking up the pieces".

"Before you leave comments or make videos, ask yourself if you would like your child or family to read them," she said.

"Please give Liam the little dignity he has left in the wake of his death to rest in some peace at last."

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Payne's One Direction bandmate Zayn Malik said Saturday on X that he was postponing the current US leg of his tour until January, citing "the heartbreaking loss experienced this week."

Payne died from "multiple traumas" and "internal and external hemorrhaging" after falling from the balcony of his room at the Casa Sur hotel in central Buenos Aires, an autopsy found.

Investigators said he appeared to have been "going through an episode of substance abuse."

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Among others to pay tribute on Friday was Simon Cowell, the creator of and judge on "The X Factor" show that launched One Direction in 2010.

In an Instagram post, Cowell said he was "truly devastated" and spoke directly to Payne. "I watched you spending so much time with people who had wanted to meet you. You cared."

Cowell added that a meeting with Payne last year reminded him "that you were still the sweet, kind boy I had met all of those years ago."