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Mark Rhodes recalls phone call from Liam
On Wednesday night the news broke that Liam Payne had died - after falling from a third floor balcony at a hotel in Argentina.
Liam - who grew up in Bushbury - shot to fame after appearing on The X Factor.
He went on to become part of the hugely successful One Direction - who've sold more than 70 million records worldwide.
Mark Rhodes, who's also from Wolverhampton and also started out on a music-based reality show, shared a story from the start of Liam's career.
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