Former One Direction member Liam Payne dies at 31.

Liam Payne, a former member of the globally popular One Direction pop group, has passed away at the age of 31.

Police in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires stated that Payne fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in the trendy Palermo neighborhood on Wednesday. He sustained “extremely serious injuries” and was pronounced dead at the scene.

In a statement to The Associated Press, Pablo Policicchio, the spokesperson for the Security Ministry of the Buenos Aires municipality, said police had been called to the hotel in response to a report of an “aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.”

Policicchio stated that Payne “had thrown himself from the balcony of his room”. Further details were not immediately clear, and authorities are still investigating the death.

Local media in Argentina reported that Liam Payne had been in Buenos Aires to attend the concert of his former One Direction bandmate, Niall Horan. 

In 2010, Payne and Horan auditioned separately, along with Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson, for the UK singing competition The X Factor.

Although none of the boys advanced individually, they were grouped together by record executive Simon Cowell and his fellow judges. 

This led to them becoming one of the most successful boy bands in history. During the six years the members were together as a band, One Direction had six top-10 hits on the Billboard charts. 

The performers ultimately disbanded in 2016. Their chart-topping songs include “What Makes You Beautiful,” “Story of My Life,” and “Perfect.” 

After the disbandment, the members of the group pursued solo careers, with Payne releasing the album “LP1” in 2019. 

His last release was a single in March called “Teardrops.” Liam Payne is survived by a seven-year-old son, Bear Grey Payne, whom he had with his former girlfriend, the musician Cheryl Cole. 

The One Direction singer appeared to have posted on the social media platform Snapchat hours before his death on Wednesday. 

He talked about riding horses and playing polo in Argentina while looking forward to returning home to see his dog.

“It’s a lovely day here in Argentina,” he said in the video.

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