One Direction’s Liam Payne has died, aged 31

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Liam Payne has died at the age of 31.According to Reuters and GMA News, the former One Direction singer’s death was announced via the Buenos Aires local newspaper La Nacion after the singer reportedly fell from the third floor of an Argentine hotel.CNN has since confirmed the British singer’s death via a statement from local authorities.

In a statement to Reuters, police said they were called to the hotel in the capital’s Palermo neighbourhood where they were notified of an “aggressive man who could be under the effects of drugs and alcohol,” though the man was not identified as Payne.In a statement to Rolling Stone, Buenos Aires medical emergency agency SAME Payne fell from a height of “about 13 or 14 meters,” and that he “suffered severe injuries incompatible with life.”When contacted by Daily Mail for comment, Payne’s former fiancé Maya Henry’s representative said: “Right now she is obviously in shock.”Payne was best known for his time in One Direction alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik.

After the group’s indefinite hiatus in 2016, Payne went on to enjoy a solo career, and has to date released one record, 2019’s ‘LP1’.Earlier this month, he reportedly hit pause indefinitely on his sophomore record after the single ‘Teardrops’ failed to enter the UK top 30 (peaking at Number 43) and he parted ways with his manager earlier this year.The Wolverhampton-born Payne rose to prominence after auditioning for The X-Factor in 2008 at the age of 14, where he performed a cover of Frank Sinatra’s ‘Fly Me To The Moon’.

He would later be grouped with Styles, Malik, Horan and Tomlinson to form the chart-topping One Direction.One Direction would go on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all.