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
The two women who were with Liam Payne in the hours leading up to his tragic death have been left "utterly distraught". Liam, 31, fell to his death from the third floor of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, October 16.
Prior to the incident, he had spent time with Aldana Serrano, 31, and Lucila Goitea, 27, at the Casa Sur Hotel, where they arrived around 11:30am local time.
The group then headed to Liam's suite, but the women left about five hours later, at 4pm - just an hour before Liam's fatal fall.
According to reports, Liam was arguing with a woman in the hotel lobby over money shortly before his death. He fell 45ft, landing in the hotel's inner courtyard.
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