Former One Direction singer and solo artist Liam Payne, 31, was pronounced dead on arrival by medics at Buenos Aires hotel. It is assumed Payne fell from a balcony on the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel and attained “extremely serious injuries.”
Just after 5 p.m. local time in Argentina, authorities responded to an emergency call about an “aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs and alcohol.”
The hotel worker can be heard on the call also saying, “…He is destroying the entire room and we need you to send someone,” and added the guest’s life was at risk because the room had a balcony.
Payne was open about his struggle with alcoholism and in July 2023, he posted on his YouTube channel that he had been sober for six months.
Payne began his career in a British singing competition in 2010, “The XFactor.” When failing to win the show as a solo act, show creator Simon Cowell brought Payne together with 4 other show contestants; Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson to create the group One Direction. One Direction won 242 of the 366 awards they were nominated for.
Details surrounding Payne’s death are unclear and are under investigation.
His 7-year-old son, Bear Grey Payne, his parents Geoff and Karen Payne and his two older sisters Ruth and Nicola, survives Payne.
By - FZ
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