Former One Direction Member Liam Payne Died After Falling From a Hotel Balcony

Former One Direction member Lian Payne has reportedly died after falling from a hotel balcony at CasaSur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The news was confirmed by the Argentinian newspaper La Nacion.

According to the source, police received a call from the hotel at 5:04 pm local time on Wednesday, Oct. 16. They found Payne’s body in the courtyard. People reached out to Argentinian police, and the authorities confirmed the report.

Liam Payne joined the British reality competition show The X Factor in 2010, where he became a member of One Direction along with Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan. From then, the band became famous. In 2016,  the band’s status was on indefinite hiatus. In 2019, Payne served as a brand ambassador for Hugo Boss