From left to right, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles of the band โOne Directionโ performing in Los Angeles in 2015.ย Kevork Djansezian/Reuters
Liam Payne, a former member of boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, according to police there. He was 31.
Payneโs death occurred Wednesday at a hotel on Costa Rica Street in the Palermo neighborhood, according to a statement from police provided to CNN.
Buenos Aires police said that personnel from the 14B Police Station went to the hotel on Wednesday afternoon after receiving a 911 call about an aggressive man who was possibly under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The policeโs statement did not identify that person as Payne.
Payne was seen in Argentina attending his former bandmate Niall Horanโs concert on October 2, according toย videosย posted to social media from the show.
He had recently celebrated his 31st birthday in the UK, according to videos posted to his Snapchat. Payne was born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands and is the youngest of three. He is anย alumย of the City of Wolverhampton College, where he studied music technology.
Payne was best known as a member of the famed British boyband One Direction. The band, which also included Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Horan, first formed in 2010 after each member appeared on the UK version of reality competition show โThe X Factor.โ
โI do love being on stage,โ Payne said of performing and songwriting with the group in a 2015 interview withย Entertainment Weekly. He said he was most proud of co-writing their song, โWhat a Feeling.โ
โThat was a big one that me and Louis sat and wrote together,โ Payne recalled. โIt just kinda came together. It was inspired by a Fleetwood Mac sound. Itโs just a nice driving jam โ imagine driving down the coast.โ
One Direction announced they were taking a hiatus in 2015. Payne later released his debut solo album in 2019 titled โLP1.โ In May 2023, Payne announced that he was working on a new album that he was โreally excitedโ about, andย sharedย that he was planning a tour.
He had been open about past struggles with substance abuse andย talked about completing treatmentย and being six months sober in the summer of 2023.
The tour was set to kick off in South America in September that same year, but Payne had toย postponeย the scheduled dates after suffering a kidney infection.
In March of this year, Payne released the song โTeardrops.โ
Payne had a son, born in 2017, who he shared with former Girls Aloud singing group member Cheryl Cole.
In aย videoย shared on YouTube in 2023, Payne talked about the love and affection he felt for his son, Bear.
โHeโs awesome. Heโs growing up far too quickly,โ Payne shared at the time. โHeโs far more smart than I think Iโll ever be. Heโs a wonder.โ
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