Liam Payne Death: Former One Direction Member Found Dead in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Liam Payne, a former member of the boy band One Direction, has died after falling from the window of a hotel in Buenos Aires, according to police there. He was 31.

According to a police statement to CNN, Payne's death occurred Wednesday at a hotel on Costa Rica Street in the Palermo neighborhood.

Buenos Aires police said officers from police station 14B went to the hotel Wednesday afternoon after receiving a 911 call about an aggressive man who may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The police statement did not identify that person as Payne.

The musician is best known as a member of the famous British boy band One Direction. The band, which also included Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan, formed in 2010 after each member appeared on the British version of reality competition show The X Factor.

One Direction announced in 2015 that they were going on hiatus. Payne later released his debut solo album titled “LP1” in 2019. In May 2023, Payne announced that he was working on a new album, which he was “very excited about”, and shared that he was planning a tour.

The tour was scheduled to begin in South America in September 2023, but Payne had to postpone the planned dates due to a kidney infection.

In March of this year, Payne released the song “Teardrops.”

Payne had a son born in 2017, whom he shared with former Girls Aloud singing group member Cheryl Cole.

This is a developing story and will be updated.