Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Liam Payne was "arguing with a woman about money" in the last moments before his death, offering her £15,000, it has been claimed.
On Wednesday evening, the 31-year-old One Direction star died in the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires after falling from the third-floor balcony.
Shortly before his death, he announced his intentions for the day on social media through Snapchat, the Mirror reports. The head of reception at Hotel Casa Sur called 911 twice, begging for "someone to come" after revealing that a visitor was "off his head on drugs and destroying everything in his room".
According to LA NACIÓN, Liam went down to the hotel lobby, "visibly out of his mind". The staff that engaged with him advised him to return to his hotel room, but minutes later, he fell from the third storey.Guests at the hotel have shared accounts about their interactions with Liam before his terrible death.
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