Liam Payne's last public appearance in Buenos Aires supporting One Direction's Niall Horan

Former One Direction prima Liam Payne's last quality successful nationalist was astatine the Movistar Arena successful Buenos Aires wherever helium was supporting ex-bandmate Niall Horan, who is touring South America

Liam Payne has died successful Buenos Aires with his past quality supporting erstwhile One Direction set mate Niall Horan.

He is understood to person fallen from the 3rd level of a edifice successful the Argentine capital. Alberto Crescenti, caput of the authorities exigency aesculapian system, said connected Argentina’s Todo Noticias TV transmission that Payne fell into a courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel successful the Palermo neighbourhood of Argentina’s capital.

Liam was portion of the archetypal line-up of the world-famous lad band, formed successful 2010, alongside Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles.

Liam was successful Buenos Aires to be the performance by Horan, having been seen dancing astatine his amusement 2 weeks agone astatine the Movistar Arena alongside his woman Kate Cassidy. He had travelled to South America to enactment Horan who is promoting his medium The Show.

Liam has said connected societal media: "We're going to Argentina. One, due to the fact that we person to, and two, due to the fact that we privation to, and three, due to the fact that Niall Horan's playing down determination and I deliberation we mightiness conscionable spell and accidental 'Hello'. It's been a portion since maine and Niall person spoken. We've got a batch to speech astir and I would similar to quadrate up a mates things with the boy. No atrocious vibes oregon thing similar that, but just, we request to talk."

Tragically the quality astatine the Movistar Arena was the past clip helium was seen publically astatine an lawsuit pursuing his decease that happened astir 5pm section clip successful Argentina.

After becoming 1 of the biggest popular groups successful the world with 5 albums and 4 satellite tours, they went connected indefinite hiatus successful 2016. Liam released his debut solo medium LP1 successful December 2019 which included the singles Polaroid and Familiar. He and Girls Aloud vocalist Cheryl stock a lad Bear, calved successful 2017, having been successful a high-profile narration betwixt 2016 and 2018.

In August past year, Liam postponed his scheduled circuit of South America aft suffering from a “serious kidney infection”. He said the corruption was thing “I wouldn’t privation connected anyone” and helium had been instructed by doctors to “rest and recover”.

Later past twelvemonth helium was banned from driving successful the UK aft admitting a speeding offence. The vocalist was reportedly travelling astatine 43mph successful a 30mph portion and was banned from driving for six months, arsenic good arsenic paying a fine, successful October 2023.

In a statement, the section ambulance manager Mr Crescenti told TN described uncovering Payne astatine the hotel. He said: "At 17.04 done the 911 integrated nationalist information system, we were alerted of a idiosyncratic who was successful an interior courtyard of the absorption of a southbound location hotel.

"At 17.11 a SAME squad arrived and verified the decease of this antheral and aboriginal we recovered retired that helium was a vocalist successful a philharmonic group. Unfortunately, helium had injuries that were incompatible with life, arsenic a effect of his fall, truthful we had to corroborate his death, determination was nary anticipation of resuscitation."