Former One Direction singer Liam Payne has died at the age of 31 after falling from his hotel room’s balcony.

The singer was found dead on Wednesday evening in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after falling off a third-floor balcony at a hotel.

Before Payne fell to his death, hotel workers shared, Payne was “an aggressive man that could’ve been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.”

The workers added, “We were alerted about a person who was in an internal courtyard of Casa Sur Hotel. [First responders] arrived and confirmed the man’s death.’

🚨#BREAKING: Former One Direction star Liam Payne has been killed after falling from Argentina hotel room, police say pic.twitter.com/I0IHYBpto7

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Per Deadline:

Liam Payne, the former One Direction band member, has died. He was 31.

The singer was found dead on Wednesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after falling off a balcony from the hotel’s third floor.

La Nación reports that before the incident, police were called by Hotel Casa Sur staff to report “an aggressive man that could’ve been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.”

“We were alerted about a person who was in an internal courtyard of Casa Sur Hotel. [First responders] arrived and confirmed the man’s death. We later learned that he was a singer in a musical group. Unfortunately, he had injuries incompatible with life as a result of his fall, so we had to confirm his death. There was no possibility of resuscitation,” Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, said.

BREAKING: Liam Payne has died at the age of 31 after reportedly falling from a balcony in Argentina. We are extremely shocked and heartbroken to hear this news. Sending our love to his family, friends and fans around the world. 💔 pic.twitter.com/KQMzOvPbPW

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Per Reuters:

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne died outside a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, local media reported on Wednesday, saying the 31-year-old British musician was found dead after falling from the hotel’s third floor.

Citing officials, leading local newspapers La Nacion and Clarin reported that police were called to the hotel in the capital’s leafy Palermo neighborhood responding to an emergency call that cited “an aggressive man who could be under the effects of drugs and alcohol.”
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Ambulance workers later confirmed the death of the singer, who was found in an interior hotel patio, according to the news reports.

this is just so crazy…liam payne was just posting so much on snapchat less than an hour ago pic.twitter.com/wtBIx1uTZs

— cameron (@cambeserious) October 16, 2024

BREAKING: Former One Direction star Liam Payne has been found dead, according to reports.

The 31-year-old singer died outside a hotel in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires.

He had reportedly fallen from the third floor of the building.https://t.co/ihJH0Nf0kW

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