Former One Direction member Liam Payne has reportedly passed away at 31.
Reuters reports the singer was found dead outside a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He reportedly fell from the hotel’s third floor.
Local newspapers La Nacion and Clarin reported the tragic news on Wednesday (October 16), citing emergency services and officials at the scene.
Ambulance workers later confirmed that Payne died after he was found in an interior hotel patio, reports Reuters.
The singer was best known as a member of British boyband One Direction.
Liam Payne rose to fame with One Direction (Getty/Marc Piasecki)
The group, which also included Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan, first formed in 2010 as part of reality competition show The X Factor.
Born on Aug. 29, 1993 in Wolverhampton, England, Payne first rose to fame after auditioning for The X Factor’s fifth season in 2008.
After being placed into a group with Styles, Malik, Tomlinson, and Horan on the show, the fivesome went on to become a global sensation and one of the best-selling boy bands of all time procuring hit after hit like “What Makes You Beautiful” and “Steal My Girl.”
The band announced they were taking a hiatus in 2016 after Malik departed the group a year prior. Payne went on to release his own solo projects including his 2019 debut solo album LP1.
He is survived by his son, Bear Grey Payne, whom he welcomed with singer Cheryl Cole in 2017.
UNILAD has reached out to representatives of Payne for comment.
