Liam Payne dead: Former One Direction star dies aged 31
Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.
Local police said the singer fell from the third floor into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the Palermo neighbourhood of Argentina’s capital before medics confirmed his death, in a statement to the Associated Press (AP).
Police responded to an emergency call from the hotel manager who had become concerned for his welfare, AP said.
Pictures showed shocked fans gathering outside the hotel after police cordoned off the area with forensic investigators seen entering and exiting in white protective suits and blue gloves.
Local police said the singer fell from the third floor into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the Palermo neighbourhood of Argentina’s capital before medics confirmed his death, in a statement to the Associated Press (AP).
Police responded to an emergency call from the hotel manager who had become concerned for his welfare, AP said.
Pictures showed shocked fans gathering outside the hotel after police cordoned off the area with forensic investigators seen entering and exiting in white protective suits and blue gloves.
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00:00Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died aged 31. It's reported that the star
00:07fell from the third floor balcony at his hotel in Argentina. People across the
00:13world including musicians in Yorkshire have been paying tribute. I'm sure that I
00:19share the same sentiments of millions of people right now which is just absolute
00:23shock at the news, completely unexpected and such a tragedy for somebody who
00:29seemingly had everything and then so young has passed away and obviously
00:35leaving behind a child as well is just unthinkable, it's just horrendous
00:40obviously we don't know the full details at this but I'm just shocked. I actually
00:45saw Liam at a conference in America I think about two years ago and it's the
00:49same conference where I believe backstage he filmed the podcast with
00:52Logan Paul and witnessing that come out because obviously I'd sort of seen him
00:57at this conference and he was on the same flight as me traveling back from
01:01America. I paid attention to the podcast coming out and it was the first I
01:06noticed that he was getting a lot of negative press, a lot of people not
01:09liking him and just a lot of questions about his behavior and the way that he
01:14came across and I remember thinking then I hope he's okay because you never
01:19really know, whatever you think about One Direction and pop music you cannot argue
01:24the incredible enormous success that they had and how young these people were
01:30having so much success at such young age and having such a wide impact on
01:35millions of people all around the world undoubtedly will have its downsides and
01:41its consequences and it's really hard to know what that must be like for those
01:45people so we don't know the information but I just feel it's super tragic, it is
01:52such a shock and really really sad news