Former One Direction member Liam Payne found dead in Buenos Aires

Police accidental 31-year-old singer, who gained fame successful popular supergroup, fell to his decease from a edifice successful Argentina’s capital.

Liam Payne, a erstwhile subordinate of the globally fashionable One Direction popular group, has died astatine property 31.

Police successful the Argentinian superior of Buenos Aires said Payne fell from the 3rd level of the Casa Sur Hotel successful the trendy Palermo vicinity connected Wednesday. He sustained “extremely superior injuries” and was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

In a connection to the Associated Press, Pablo Policicchio, the spokesperson for the Security Ministry of the Buenos Aires municipality, said that constabulary had been called to the edifice successful effect to a study of an “aggressive antheral who could beryllium nether the power of drugs oregon alcohol”.

Policicchio told the quality bureau that Payne “had thrown himself from the balcony of his room”. Further details were not instantly clear, and authorities are inactive investigating the death.

Local media successful Argentina reported that Payne had been successful Buenos Aires to be the performance of his erstwhile One Direction bandmate Niall Horan.

From left, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Liam Payne execute arsenic the radical One Direction connected NBC’s Today amusement successful 2012 [Charles Sykes/Invision/AP]

In 2010, Payne and Horan had auditioned separately, on with Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, for the UK singing contention The X Factor.

While nary of the boys precocious individually, they were grouped unneurotic by grounds enforcement Simon Cowell and his chap judges. They went connected to go 1 of the astir palmy lad bands successful history.

During the six years the members were unneurotic arsenic a band, One Direction had six top-10 hits connected the Billboard charts. The performers yet disbanded successful 2016. Their chart-topping songs see What Makes You Beautiful, Story of My Life and Perfect.

The members of the radical each went connected to prosecute solo careers, with Payne putting retired the medium LP1 successful 2019.

His past merchandise was a azygous successful March called Teardrops.

Payne is survived by a 7-year-old son, Bear Grey Payne, whom helium had with his erstwhile girlfriend, the instrumentalist Cheryl Cole.

The One Direction vocalist appeared to person posted connected the societal media level Snapchat hours earlier his decease connected Wednesday.

He talked astir riding horses and playing polo successful Argentina, portion looking guardant to returning location to spot his dog.

“It’s a beauteous time present successful Argentina,” helium said successful the video.