Liam Payne, musician and former One Direction member, dead at 31: reports – National

Multiple outlets are reporting that Liam Payne , British musician and a former member of One Direction , has died after falling from the third floor of a Buenos Aires hotel. He was 31.

The news first surfaced on Argentinian media, which reported that police were investigating whether the death was an accident or self-inflicted.

The director of Buenos Aires’ ambulance service, SAME, confirmed the death to the TN outlet.

“At 17:04 we were alerted through 911 about a person who was in the inner courtyard of the Casa Azul hotel. A few minutes later a SAME 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,” Alberta Crescenti told TN, in a translated statement.

Buenos Aires police said in a statement to the Associated Press that Payne fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in the trendy Palermo neighborhood of Argentina’s capital, resulting in “extremely serious injuries.” Medics confirmed his death on the spot, the statement said.

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Global News has reached out to Payne’s reps for confirmation, but did not immediately hear back.

Payne rose to fame as part of the since-disbanded pop band One Direction, alongside Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.

The boy band turned heads and would up placing third on the British version of the X Factor music competition show in 2010, going on to become hugely successful, worldwide.

The group broke up in 2016 as its members pursued different projects including solo careers.

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