Liam Payne Dies: Former One Direction Singer Was 31

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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. Although they were going to await an autopsy report, Crescenti noted that Payne “apparently had a skull fracture, a very serious injury.” Payne rose to fame as part of One Direction, the pop group formed by Simon Cowell on The X-Factor UK Season 7 in 2010.