Liam Payne, former member of the popular boyband One Direction, tragically died at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel window in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The incident occurred on Wednesday at a hotel located on Costa Rica Street in the Palermo neighborhood, according to local police.
Authorities were alerted to the scene after receiving a 911 call reporting an aggressive individual, possibly under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The police statement did not confirm the person involved as Payne.
Payne, who had recently been seen attending a concert by his former bandmate Niall Horan in Argentina on October 2, was best known as a member of One Direction. The group, which included Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan, shot to international fame after forming on the UK version of The X Factor in 2010.
After One Directions hiatus in 2015, Payne pursued a solo career, releasing his debut album LP1 in 2019. He had been working on a new album and had planned a tour in 2023, which was postponed due to a kidney infection.
