One Direction singer Liam Payne, aged 31, dies in Buenos Aires

Tributes poured in this morning for Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who died last night in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

This includes artists like McFly, who posted on Twitter/X: “We are shocked and extremely saddened to wake up to the news of Liam Payne’s death. Our thoughts and love are with his family and friends at such a difficult time.”

Meanwhile, Rolling Stone’s Ronnie Wood, who crossed paths with Payne along the way, wrote on Twitter/X: “I am shocked and saddened to hear of Liam Payne’s death. It was a pleasure working with him on our X Factor appearance. God bless Liam, thinking of all his loved ones. He will be greatly missed.”

We are shocked and extremely saddened to wake up to the news of Liam Payne’s death. Our thoughts and love are with your family and friends at such a difficult time ❤️October 17, 2024

I am shocked and saddened to hear of Liam Payne’s death. It was a pleasure working with him on our X Factor appearance. God bless Liam, thinking of all his loved ones. We will miss him so much.🙏 pic.twitter.com/S8y3RiJWrzOctober 17, 2024

The 31-year-old singer fell from the third floor of a hotel room in the city, Buenos Aires police said in a statement.

Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, told Argentine TV channel Todo Noticias that Payne had fallen in an internal courtyard of the hotel: “A few minutes later (an) emergency team arrived and confirmed the death of this man who later I learned was from a musical group. He suffered injuries incompatible with life as a result of the fall. There was nothing I could do,”

Buenos Aires authorities are investigating the circumstances of Payne’s death and an autopsy is being performed.

Payne was just 16 when he was selected by Simon Cowell to be part of One Direction in 2010. We often forget that the group didn’t win the X Factor that year, but that hardly mattered; in the long run, they became by far the most successful artists to emerge from the now-defunct TV talent show.

The UK’s biggest pop band since the Spice Girls, One Direction have sold 70 million records worldwide and achieved no less than four number ones on the Billboard album chart – an astonishing achievement.

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They had a decent career in a boy band. Zayn Malik was the first to leave, in 2015, and the following year came the inevitable announcement of an ‘indefinite hiatus’. (Successful pop acts never ‘break up’ like that these days. Why unduly upset fans when you can always leave the door open for a reunion if solo careers don’t work out…)

Although bandmate Harry Styles became one of the most successful artists in the world, Payne’s solo career never took off. Their only album, LP1, was released years after the split and only managed to reach number 17 in the charts.

The singer appears to have struggled with mental health over the years and has been open about his alcohol addiction – common problems when you’re a pop star struggling to come to terms with the end of your dream.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

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