Liam Payne
One Direction singer falls from hotel balcony: dead!
The former singer of the successful band One Direction, Liam Payne, has tragically died. He was only 31 years old.
The singer, guitarist and composer died on Wednesday after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires at the age of 31, according to police in the Argentinian capital.
"No possibility of resuscitation"
Payne had suffered "very serious injuries", said Alberto Crescenti, the head of the city's rescue service, on local television. There was "no possibility of resuscitation".
According to Crescenti, the emergency services had rushed to the hotel in the Palermo district after receiving an emergency call at 5.04 p.m. local time. They arrived seven minutes after the call and "ascertained the death of the man, who we later learned was a singer".
Emergency call about "aggressive man"
Police stated that the call reported an "aggressive male" who "may be under the influence of alcohol or drugs". Payne had fallen "about 13 or 14 meters" and appeared to have suffered a basilar skull fracture.
Details of the exact circumstances of Liam Payne's death are not yet known. The authorities are investigating and conducting an autopsy, according to the head of the emergency services.
Fans mourn singer's death
Only a few minutes after the news of Payne's death became public, dismayed fans gathered near the hotel. "The news hit me hard," said 27-year-old Pilar Bilik, who had rushed to the scene in Buenos Aires.
"I feel like I've lost a part of my youth," said fan Lena Duek, 21, outside the hotel. She had hoped that the band that had provided the soundtrack to her youth would get back together.
Global fame
The boy band One Direction, which was cast for a TV show and included singer Harry Styles, was hugely successful worldwide. In 2016, One Direction announced that they were taking a break. Payne announced in the same year that he was working on a solo album.
According to Billboard magazine, Payne attended a concert by his former bandmate Niall Horan in Buenos Aires on October 2.
He leaves behind his seven-year-old son Bear from his relationship with British singer Cheryl Cole, with whom he was together from 2016 to 2018.
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