Jonathan Payne is Professor of Work, Employment and Skills. His main research interests include the political economy of skill, workplace innovation, UK skills policy, low wage work, job quality, active labour market policy and the role of the third sector, and digital automation.

Death. Payne died in Malibu, California, of congestive heart failure on December 6, 1989, aged 77. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in motion pictures and television.

He taught himself to sing and to play the piano, and he supported himself as a railroad porter and with other menial jobs as he made his way to the North American West coast. He was able to get regular work as a singer performing a repertoire that primarily consisted of spirituals and popular music of the era.

Liam James Payne (29 August 1993 – 16 October 2024) was an English singer and songwriter. He was a member of the pop group One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time, alongside Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson.