One Direction singer Liam Payne dead after falling from Buenos Aires hotel balcony

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — 

Former One Direction vocalist Liam Payne was recovered dormant aft the 31-year-old fell from his third-floor country balcony astatine a edifice successful Buenos Aires, Argentine constabulary said connected Wednesday.

Police said successful a connection that they were called to the CasaSur edifice successful the capital's leafy Palermo vicinity aft being notified of an "aggressive antheral who could beryllium nether the effects of drugs and alcohol."

When they arrived, the edifice manager reported helium had heard a large sound from the interior courtyard and the constabulary recovered that a antheral had fallen from the balcony of his room, the connection said.

In audio related to the lawsuit obtained from the Buenos Aires information ministry, a idiosyncratic tin beryllium heard asking for constabulary help.

"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 the country had a balcony.

Shooting to planetary fame arsenic portion of 1 of the best-selling lad bands of each time, Payne - similar his set mates Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson - went connected to prosecute a solo vocation aft they went connected an "indefinite hiatus" successful 2016. Payne's past azygous was "Teardrop," released successful March this year.

While galore of the details surrounding the circumstances of his decease stay unclear, Payne had spoken publically astir his struggles with intelligence wellness and utilizing intoxicant to header with the pressures of fame.

His decease led to an outpouring of grief from euphony manufacture stars and fans, including those among the assemblage who gathered extracurricular the hotel.

Violeta Antier said she had travel consecutive distant aft being told 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."

Payne attended an October 2 performance by Horan successful Buenos Aires. The 2 had posted videos unneurotic and with fans.

American vocalist Charlie Puth was among those expressing their grief.

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

Payne auditioned for the British mentation of X Factor for a 2nd clip successful 2010 astatine the property of 16 and was enactment into a radical with his aboriginal set mates by euphony mogul Simon Cowell.

Cowell told Rolling Stone successful a 2012 interrogation that he'd "always backed" Payne astatine the clip of his archetypal audition successful 2008 but helium didn't rather marque it due to the fact that helium had been excessively young.

"But I ever knew that with assurance helium would beryllium a invaluable subordinate of this band, truthful I had nary hesitation successful bringing him back," helium said.

The set whitethorn person finished 3rd successful X Factor that twelvemonth but it went connected to person much than 29 hits connected Billboard's Hot 100 with six successful the apical 10, including "What Makes You Beautiful," "Story of My Life" and "Live While We're Young."

Payne's co-writing credits see "Story of My Life" and "Night Changes".

He teamed up with Rita Ora connected the 2018 opus "For You" and released his archetypal workplace medium LP1 successful 2019.

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

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

Last year, 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.