Former One Direction member Liam Payne has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, police said.
La Nación reports that before the incident, the staff of the "Hotel Casa Sur" called the police to report "an aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol."
“We were alerted to a person who was in an internal courtyard of the Casa Sur hotel. First responders arrived and confirmed the man's death. Later we found out that he was a singer in a music band. Unfortunately, he had non-life threatening injuries as a result of his fall, so we had to confirm his death. There was no possibility of resuscitation," local authorities said in a statement.
"Liam James Payne, songwriter and guitarist, former member of the band One Direction, died today after falling from the third floor of a hotel" in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires, the police said in a statement.
The police were called to the CasaSur hotel at 17:04 (local time, 23:04 Greek time). An ambulance arrived seven minutes later, but paramedics only pronounced Payne dead.
The exact circumstances under which the tragic incident occurred are being investigated.
According to Argentine media, Payne was in Buenos Aires to attend the concert of Niall Horan, with whom he was in One Direction.
The 31-year-old singer was best known as a member of the famous British boy band One Direction. The group, which also features Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan, first formed in 2010 after each member appeared on the UK version of the reality competition 'The X Factor'.
One Direction announced their breakup in 2015. Payne later released his debut solo album in 2019 titled 'LP1'. In March, Payne released his LP titled 'Teardrops'.
The British singer shared a YouTube video in 2023 in which he revealed he had been sober for six months after spending nearly 100 days in a Louisiana rehab facility.
The 31-year-old singer had a son in 2017 with former Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole.
Source: protothema.gr
