Former One Direction member Liam Payne dies at 31: what we know so far

Liam Payne, British pop star and former member of the boy band One Direction, reportedly died after falling from a multi-storey hotel building. According to the Argentine newspaper The NationThe police officers were called to the Hotel CasaSur in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires at 5.04pm local time on Wednesday, due to a man who was apparently in an impaired state, “perhaps under the influence of alcohol or narcotic substances”. . Arriving on site, officers found Payne’s body in the internal courtyard of the hotel.

Rescue personnel told the newspaper El Tiempo that “he had very serious injuries and there was no possibility of resuscitation.” Investigators have opened an investigation to understand whether it was an accident or an attempt to take his own life.

Argentine media reports that Payne was in Buenos Aires to attend the concert of his former One Direction partner, Niall Horan. Half an hour before his death he had published some photos with his girlfriend on Snapchat.

Representatives for Payne did not immediately respond Vanity Fair.

Payne, who grew up in Wolverhampton, England, rose to prominence in 2010, after One Direction formed on the British reality show The X Factor. Yes it is performed together with his bandmates Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson And Niall Horan in the group until their indefinite hiatus that began in 2016. In addition to releasing a solo album in 2019, Payne served as a brand ambassador for Hugo Boss. In August Payne canceled a planned tour of Latin America due to health concerns.

His son survives him Bear Greyseven years old, which he shares with his ex-girlfriend, the British singer Cheryl Cole.

Source: Vanity Fair

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