What Cheryl did next: Her seven-figure comeback 10 months after Liam Payne's death revealed by GRANT TUCKER - and the pivotal role son Bear plays
So grief-stricken was the mother-of-one after the death of her former partner Liam Payne that she last posted on Instagram in October. It was a heartbreaking tribute to the father of her eight-year-old son Bear, after the One Direction star, 31, died in a fall from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
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