BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James pays tribute to Liam Payne calling his death 'unbearably sad'

Opening Thursday’s show, the presenter, 38, said the One Direction star's passing was "unbearably bittersweet news".

"I can't retrieve Radio 1 without One Direction... They were the archetypal large societal media band," helium said.

Oasis prima Liam Gallagher, 52, besides appears to person responded to Payne dying, penning connected X: "Life is precious kids and you lone get to bash it ONCE spell casual LG x."

A instrumentality responded to his tweet: "Have you seen the quality astir Liam Payne?"

The prima past replied: "I person it's precise sad."

The Strip That Down hit-maker died successful Argentina connected Wednesday evening aft falling from the balcony of his edifice country in Buenos Aires, constabulary said.

Payne plunged from the 3rd level of the Casa Sur Hotel successful the trendy Palermo neighbourhood resulting successful "extremely superior injuries", according to authorities successful the South American country's capital. He was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

The circumstances astir his decease are inactive being investigated.

Sky News has published a transcript of an exigency telephone placed by the edifice wherever Payne was staying anterior to his decease successful which they petition assistance owed to a a impermanent “drunk with drugs and alcohol”.

The idiosyncratic said: “When helium [them, sex not wide successful conversation] is conscious, helium is breaking everything successful the room."

They added: “We request to nonstop idiosyncratic with urgency due to the fact that I don't cognize if the guest's beingness is successful information due to the fact that helium is successful a country with balcony, and we are acrophobic helium could bash thing that threatens life."

One Direction - which besides consisted of members Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson - became 1 of the biggest popular groups successful the satellite with 5 albums and 4 satellite tours aft being enactment unneurotic by Simon Cowell connected the X-Factor successful 2010.

The set went connected indefinite hiatus aft Malik announced his departure successful 2015.

All of the members went connected to forge solo careers with varying levels of success.

Wolverhampton-born Payne leaves down seven-year-old Bear from a erstwhile narration with Girls Aloud vocalist Cheryl Cole, 41.