One Direction star Liam Payne dead aged 31

Liam Payne attends the British Vogue And Tiffany & Co. Celebrate Fashion And Film Party 2023 at Annabel's on February 19, 2023
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Liam Payne has died aged 31 in a fall at a hotel in Buenos Aires, local officials claim. Liam, who was known for being one fifth of the One Direction, found fame in 2011 after appearing on The X Factor, when judge Simon Cowell placed him in a band with Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan.

Reports suggest that local officials told Argentinian media that Liam fell from the third floor of a hotel building in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires. Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, said on Argentina’s Todo Noticias TV channel that Payne fell into a courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the Palermo neighbourhood of Argentina’s capital.

Mr Crescenti declined to answer further questions about the incident. Argentinian media reported that Liam was in Buenos Aires to attend the concert of his former One Direction bandmate Niall Horan, according to PA.

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