Home Entertainment TRAGIC END Liam Payne dead: One Direction star dies aged 31 after falling from 3rd floor balcony of Buenos Aires hotel

TRAGIC END Liam Payne dead: One Direction star dies aged 31 after falling from 3rd floor balcony of Buenos Aires hotel

Entertainment — 10/17/2024

FORMER One Direction star Liam Payne has died in Argentina after reportedly falling from his hotel balcony.

The 31-year-old singer was in Buenos Aires for pal Niall Horan’s tour when he tragically plunged from the third floor on Wednesday afternoon, TMZ reports.

Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died

Liam had spoken to fans earlier on Snapchat Wednesday

Crowds have gathered behind a police cordon outside the Buenos Aires hotel

Liam was a member of boy band One Direction between 2010 and 2016

 

Liam arriving for a movie premier in 2010

Singer Cheryl Cole and then-beau Liam

Liam's last post was put up only minutes before his death

Fans cry as they wait outside the hotel

Cops are at the hotel as they investigate the death

A source confirmed to The Sun that Liam has died.

The singer-songwriter was staying at Hotel CasaSur in the neighbourhood of Palermo.

Crowds of heartbroken fans are now gathering behind a cordon outside the accommodation to pay tribute to the guitarist.

Pablo Policicchio, the spokesperson for the security ministry of Buenos Aires, said police were called to the hotel by a worker about an “aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol”.