Liam Payne dead after falling from hotel balcony, colleagues and fans mourn demise of One Direction singer

The edifice manager said helium heard a large sound astatine the backmost of the hotel, and erstwhile constabulary arrived they recovered that a antheral had fallen implicit the balcony successful his room, the connection said.

Emergency workers confirmed the decease of the British singer, who was reportedly recovered successful the hotel’s interior patio.

“I americium successful daze close now. Liam was ever truthful benignant to me,” American vocalist Charlie Puth said connected Instagram. “He was 1 of the archetypal large artists I got to enactment with. I cannot judge helium is gone.”

U.S. euphony transmission MTV, streaming work Spotify and the BRITs British euphony awards each expressed their grief connected societal media, sending their condolences to his household and loved ones.

Liam Payne had a lad named Bear with British TV property and Girls Aloud vocalist Cheryl successful 2017.

Neither Payne’s grounds statement Republic Records, nor its proprietor Universal Music Group could instantly beryllium reached for comment.

Police had received a telephone from a idiosyncratic astatine the edifice requesting urgent assistance with an intoxicated guest, according to audio related to the lawsuit obtained from the Buenos Aires information ministry.

“When helium is conscious helium is destroying the full country and we request you to nonstop someone,” the idiosyncratic said, adding that the guest’s beingness was astatine hazard due to the fact that their country had a balcony.

Emergency responders removed the assemblage from the edifice to instrumentality to the morgue, portion fans and onlookers who had gathered done the aboriginal evening, immoderate hugging each different and crying, burst into applause.

CROWD GATHERS TO MOURN BOY BAND STAR

Members of the set One Direction (L-R), Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, get for Fox’s The X Factor Season Finale – Night 2 astatine CBS Television City successful Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 20, 2012. (REUTERS/Jason Redmond/File Photo)

The “For You” vocalist roseate to planetary fame arsenic portion of the since-disbanded popular set One Direction, alongside Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.

The lad set got its commencement aft finishing 3rd connected the British mentation of the X Factor euphony contention amusement successful 2010, but the radical broke up successful 2016 arsenic its members pursued antithetic projects including solo careers.

One Direction was ranked the 3rd champion lad set ever by Entertainment Weekly successful 2024. The radical won dozens of large awards and sold immoderate 70 cardinal records worldwide, making them 1 of the best-selling lad bands of each time.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Payne’s One Direction and solo vocation helped garner him a nett worthy of immoderate $70 million.

Reuters reporters astatine the country saw crowds gathering extracurricular the hotel, wherever dozens of constabulary and exigency services teams had cordoned disconnected an country arsenic nighttime fell connected the city.

One 25-year-old fan, Yamila Zacarias, said her household had made a batch of effort truthful she could spot One Direction erstwhile they came to Argentina, but she had decided not to spell arsenic her parents didn’t person overmuch wealth then.

“He meant a batch to maine due to the fact that the set came into my beingness astatine this clip erstwhile you’re trying to beryllium a portion of something, and being a One Direction instrumentality became that thing for me,” she said. “This was the lone clip I could applaud him.”

Violeta Antier, different fan, told Reuters she had travel consecutive distant aft helium sister told her Payne had died.

“I saw him 2 weeks agone astatine a Niall (Horan) concert, different One Direction member. He was there, I saw him,” she said.

“He was ok.”

Liam Payne had connected Oct. 2 attended the Buenos Aires performance of his erstwhile bandmate Niall Horan connected the Argentine limb of a Latin American circuit that spanned Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Colombia. The 2 had posted videos unneurotic and with fans.

Payne, who co-wrote galore One Direction songs including “Night Changes” and “Story of my Life”, had antecedently spoken publically astir his struggles with intelligence wellness and utilizing intoxicant to header with the pressures of fame.

Last twelvemonth helium published a video to fans connected his YouTube transmission successful which helium spoke astir his family, making caller creation and performing again aft having fixed up alcohol. He thanked supporters for sticking with him done hard times.

Earlier connected Wednesday, Payne had appeared to station connected Snapchat astir his travel successful Argentina, talking astir riding horses, playing polo, and looking guardant to returning location to spot his dog.

“It’s a beauteous time present successful Argentina,” helium said successful the video.