Former One Direction member, Liam Payne, has died at the age of 31 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires. The incident occurred on Wednesday, October 16, at the Casa Sur Hotel in the Palermo neighborhood.
Police were called to the scene following reports of an aggressive man who may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Payne sustained severe injuries from the fall and was declared dead at the scene. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death, and an autopsy is being conducted.
Payne, who had openly discussed his struggles with alcoholism, shared in a July 2023 YouTube video that he had been sober for six months. He is survived by his 7-year-old son, Bear Grey Payne, his parents Geoff and Karen Payne, and his sisters Ruth and Nicola. Payne had previously been engaged to model Maya Henry, and his former girlfriend, Cheryl, is the mother of his son.
Payne, originally from Wolverhampton, West Midlands, rose to fame as part of the British boyband One Direction alongside Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan.
