Source: Guardian

Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died aged 31 after falling from a third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires, police have confirmed.

The singer died on Wednesday at 5pm local time.

"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.

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