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
Toxicology test results indicate Liam Payne had multiple drugs in his system at the time of his death last week, including “pink cocaine”, as well as cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack, ABC News reported citing sources.
Pink cocaine is a recreational drug that includes ketamine, methamphetamine, MDMA, opioids, and/or new psychoactive substances, according to the National Institutes of Health.
A partial autopsy report last week determined that the former One Direction singer died of “multiple trauma” and “internal and external hemorrhage,” as the result of the fall from the balcony of his third-floor hotel room in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires where he was staying, the local Public Prosecutor’s Office revealed.
Payne’s body will remain in Argentina until the autopsy is complete, according to ABC News, citing sources. The 31-year-old Payne died at 5:07 p.m.
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