Liam Payne, a former member of boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, according to police there. He was 31. CNN’s Elizabeth Wagmeister reports.
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00:00And we have some breaking news just in to CNN.
00:03Liam Payne, one of the stars of the former boy band One Direction, has died at the age
00:10of 31.
00:11Let's get straight to CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister.
00:13Elizabeth, this is shocking news.
00:16I'm sure his fans are devastated.
00:18Tell us more.
00:20This is shocking news.
00:22We are just confirming with police in Buenos Aires that Liam Payne has died at the age
00:28of 31.
00:30Police say in a statement that he fell from the third floor in a hotel.
00:36I want to read you part of the statement that we have obtained from police in Argentina,
00:42Jake.
00:43They say in the afternoon that police personnel were directed to the hotel after a 911 call
00:48where they were informed about a, quote, aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs
00:55or alcohol.
00:56Those are all the details that we have now.
00:59Obviously, this coming as a huge shock.
01:03This is not somebody who was sick or who there were any concerns that fans were aware of.
01:10As you hear from the police statement and from these limited details that we have, this
01:15obviously sounds like a horror that he fell from the third floor in a hotel when they
01:22found him.
01:23As you said, Jake, millions of fans are going to be devastated about this news.
01:29Liam Payne was one of the members of One Direction, which was founded after the boy banders met
01:35on the reality show The X Factor and went on to be one of the most successful boy bands
01:42of all time.
01:43Liam Payne, along with Harry Styles, is, you know, of course, a name that everybody knows.
01:49And this band has been broken up for quite a few years, but his millions and millions
01:53of fans around the world have remained.
01:57What had he been doing, Liam Payne, in the years since One Direction broke up?
02:05He launched a solo career.
02:07Like many bands that end up going their separate ways, the individual members will have a solo
02:13career.
02:14In fact, Jake, he just launched his most recent single earlier this year.
02:19A few weeks ago, he was also seen at a concert of one of the other former One Direction members
02:25supporting him at the show.
02:29So he has been around, you know, he has continued to work as a musician since this band broke
02:35up.
02:36And as I said, millions and millions of fans around the world, it is hard to state how
02:41big of a deal One Direction was.
02:44And Liam Payne, I mean, 31 years old, this is just a life loss, incredibly, too soon,
02:50Jake.
02:51Elizabeth Wagmeister, thank you so much for that tragic news.