Former One Direction star Liam Payne died after falling from the third floor of his hotel room in Argentina, FOCUS reported.
Payne's death occurred Wednesday at a hotel on Costa Rica Street in the Palermo neighborhood, according to a police statement provided to CNN.
Buenos Aires police said officers from Precinct 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.
Payne was seen in Argentina attending his former bandmate Niall Horan's concert on October 2, according to videos posted on social media from the show.
The musician is best known as a member of the famous British boy band One Direction. The group, which also included Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan, first formed in 2010 after each member appeared on the UK version of reality competition show "The X Factor".< /p>
One Direction announced that they would be going on hiatus in 2015. Payne later released his debut solo album in 2019, titled "LP1". In May 2023, Payne announced that he was working on a new album that he was "really excited about," and said he was planning a tour.
The tour was due to start in South America in September 2023, but Payne had to postpone the planned dates after suffering a kidney infection.
In March of this year, he released the song "Teardrops".
The musician has a son, born in 2017, with former Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole.
In a video shared on YouTube in 2023, Payne talks about the love and affection he has for his son Bear.
"He's great. And it's growing up too fast," says the former One Direction member. "He's a lot smarter than I think I'll ever be. He is a miracle".