British singer Liam Payne, a former member of the best-selling pop group One Direction, died Wednesday aged 31 after falling from the third flooring of a resort in Buenos Aires, Argentine police stated.
“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,” a police assertion stated.
The singer had suffered “very serious injuries incompatible with life as a result of his fall,” the top of the town’s SAME emergency medical service, Alberto Crescenti, informed native tv, including “there was no possibility of resuscitation.”
Crescenti stated emergency personnel rushed to the Casa Sur resort within the capital’s Palermo neighborhood after a 911 name was made at 17.04 p.m. native time.
They arrived seven minutes later and “verified the death of this man, who we later learnt was a singer.”
Boy band sensation One Direction emerged in 2010 when then-teenagers Payne, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik appeared on British tv contest “The X Factor.”
In 2016, the group introduced it was happening an indefinite hiatus, however not splitting up.
Payne introduced he was engaged on a solo album that very same yr, following within the footsteps of different band members.
He had attended a live performance by former band mate Horan in Buenos Aires on October 2, in keeping with Billboard journal.
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