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The music mogul was seen attending the funeral of One Direction singer Liam Payne on November 20
Claim: Music mogul and television personality Simon Cowell has died.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The Facebook post bearing the claim was uploaded on November 14 and has over 21,000 reactions, 5,500 comments, and 1,000 shares as of writing.
The post includes photos of Cowell, a man standing in front of a casket, and the text “Goodbye Simon Cowell.”
The facts: Cowell is alive. The music mogul attended the funeral service of One Direction singer Liam Payne on November 20, videos of UK-based news agencies the Evening Standard, The Sun Showbiz, and The Sun showed.
According to The Guardian, Cowell attended the funeral with his fiancee, Lauren Silverman, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
British boy band One Direction found fame in Cowell’s televised singing competition X Factor in 2010. In a June 2024 interview with Reuters, Cowell said “there hasn’t been a successful UK band” since One Direction.
Shortly after Payne died in Buenos Aires on October 17, Cowell posted a message dedicated to the late singer on his official Facebook and Instagram accounts where he said that he was “truly devastated” by the news.
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