Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from the third floor of his hotel room in Argentina, according to state police.
Emergency services were called Wednesday afternoon to deal with a man who was acting erratically and possibly under the influence, Alberto Crescenti, director of SAME, Buenos Aires’ Emergency Medical Service, told ABC News.
Payne’s body was found in the hotel’s interior courtyard, where he was pronounced dead, according to Crescenti.
Crescenti told Argentina’s local media outlet TN that Payne fell 13 to 14 meters, the equivalent of about 42 to 45 feet, describing his injuries as “very serious” and “incompatible with life.”
Crescenti added that emergency services arrived at the scene at 17:11 local time, seven minutes after receiving the emergency services call. He told Crescenti that the outlet had no chance of trying to save the man, who was only found after his identity was confirmed dead.
The English singer was 31 years old.
Payne was staying at the CasaSur Hotel in Palermo, Buenos Aires, according to police.
Singer Liam Payne attends the premiere of ‘I Am Bolt’ at Odeon Leicester Square on November 28, 2016 in London.
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Payne joined One Direction at the band’s inception in 2010 after appearing on the ‘X Factor’ show. The group also included Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson.
Since the group announced their hiatus in 2015, Payne has embarked on a solo career, releasing the song “Strip That Down” in 2017 and the album “LP1” in 2019.
Although One Direction broke up, Payne told “GMA” that she “misses being with the boys.”
“I’m sure there’s time for that to come back and my point is that the more successful we are on our own, the more successful we’ll be together in the future,” he said on “Good Morning America.” Summer Concert Series in 2018 when he performed the song “Familiar” with J Balvin. “We’re like ‘The Avengers’.”
The singer shared a YouTube video in 2023 revealing that he had been sober for six months after spending nearly 100 days in a Louisiana rehab facility.
At 29, Payne said she had “mastered life more”, now taking time for herself after becoming “someone I didn’t know anymore”.
The singer said he was focusing his energy on being a better father to his son Bear, who he shared with singer Cheryl Cole.
Payne released the song “Teardrops” in March, saying on Instagram that it was “born of many tears, not all mine.”
“I hope you love it as much as I do and there aren’t too many of you,” she added.
