Liam Payne, One Direction Member, Dead at 31

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Singer was found dead at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Liam Payne, who came to fame as a member of One Direction, has died. He was 31. On Wednesday, ABC News and CNN said police in Argentina confirmed that the British singer died after falling from the third floor of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Earlier this month, Payne was spotted taking photos with fans at Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires, where his One Direction bandmate Niall Horan was performing.

Payne was born in Wolverhampton, England on Aug. 29, 1993. He auditioned for The X-Factor in 2008 at the age of 14, where he performed a cover of Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon” as a soloist. He would be placed into a group with Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik.

The five-piece would compete as a group after being formed by Simon Cowell and X-Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger. One Direction would become one of the best-selling boy bands, releasing albums Up All Night in 2011, Take Me Home in 2012, Midnight Memories in 2013, Four in 2014, as a five-piece, and Made in the A.M. in 2015 following Malik’s departure.

After the release of Made in the A.M., One Direction went on hiatus with each member launching careers as soloists. In 2017, Payne released his Ed Sheeran-penned single “Strip That Down,” which reached Number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was featured on his debut solo album LP1.