The One Direction star, from Wolverhampton, died following a fall from the third floor of a balcony in Buenos Aires, according to reports locally.

How did Liam Payne die? One Direction star dead aged 31

The One Direction star, from Wolverhampton, died following a fall from the third floor of a balcony in Buenos Aires, according to reports locally.

by · Birmingham Live

Liam Payne, the One Direction star, has tragically died aged just 31 in Argentina. The One Direction star, from Wolverhampton, died following a fall from the third floor of a balcony in Buenos Aires, according to reports locally.

Buenos Aires police reportedly said the British singer fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel. “Liam James Payne, composer and guitarist, former member of the band One Direction, died today after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Palermo,” Buenos Aires police said in a statement.

Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, told Argentina’s Todo Noticias TV channel that Payne had fallen into an internal courtyard at the hotel. “A few minutes later [an] emergency team arrived and confirmed the death of this man who we later learned was from a musical group. He had injuries incompatible with life as a result of his fall. There was no way to do anything,” Crescenti said.

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Crescenti said authorities were investigating the circumstances of Payne’s death and conducting an autopsy. In a statement on Wednesday, the police said they had gone to the hotel after being notified of an “aggressive man who could be under the effects of drugs and alcohol”, according to Reuters.

Born in Wolverhampton, England in 1993, Payne was just 16 years old when he became part of One Direction, a boyband formed by music executive Simon Cowell on British reality show The X Factor in 2010. The band, which consisted of Payne, Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik, didn’t win that season of The X Factor, but went on to become one of the biggest boybands of all time.

His body has been sent for an autopsy to help investigators determine what led up to his death and if there were any contributing factors.