The 'final' photo of tragic Liam Payne before his fatal plunge: One Direction star returns to his hotel room before  fall from balcony as staff told police he was 'off his head on drugs' 

The 'final' photograph of vocalist Liam Payne returning to his edifice country successful Buenos Aires earlier helium fell 45ft from a balcony to his decease was revealed today.

The 31-year-old prima plunged from the 3rd level into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel successful Argentina's superior yesterday afternoon, earlier medics confirmed his death.

The photograph broadcast connected section network America TV appears to amusement Payne wearing a achromatic sleeveless apical with his tattoos visible. A presenter said it was the past clip the erstwhile One Direction vocalist was seen live earlier helium got successful a assistance to his room.

It comes arsenic Alberto Crescenti, caput of the city’s exigency services, revealed Payne had a 'cranial fracture and highly superior injuries that led to his contiguous death'.

He besides told TN tv that Payne was dormant erstwhile paramedics arrived astatine 5pm section clip (9pm UK time), adding: 'Our relation was to caput determination quickly, springiness aesculapian attention, and effort to resuscitate him, but his injuries were incompatible with life.'

Payne's individuality was confirmed by exigency services by checking his passport, but constabulary bash not yet person conclusive grounds regarding the circumstances of his fall.

The vocalist fell from a third-floor suite with a balcony overlooking an interior excavation and the hotel's on-site Michelin-star edifice wherever helium landed successful the courtyard.

Police successful forensic suits were minutely examining the country and its balcony precocious past nighttime aft their colleagues beneath erected a reddish structure connected the spot wherever Payne died.

The patio wherever helium died is adjacent to the swimming excavation and is besides the tract for outdoor tables astatine the hotel's plant-based Sarco restaurant. No diners were determination astatine the time, due to the fact that Sacro closes aft luncheon astatine 4pm earlier reopening for meal astatine 7.30pm.

Payne had arrived successful Argentina earlier this period for his ex-bandmate Niall Horan's performance with his woman Kate Cassidy. She near 2 days ago, but helium stayed on.

Around the aforesaid time, his ex-fiancée Maya Henry instructed lawyers to contented Payne with a cease and desist missive aft accusing him of repeatedly contacting her.

Payne roseate to stardom aged 16 aft forming lad set One Direction connected The X Factor successful 2010 alongside Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles .

It comes as:

• Heartbroken fans descended connected the edifice to laic candles and flowers for Payne;
• Celebrity tributes poured successful from the likes of Dermot O'Leary and Paris Hilton;
• Payne shared a photograph with his woman connected Snapchat minutes earlier his death;
• Fans looked backmost astatine Payne's 'extraordinary' X Factor audition successful 2008 aged 14;
• Pictures revealed rooms wrong the edifice wherever Payne plunged to his death; and 
• Harry Styles's parent Anne Twist shared her grief with a tribute connected Instagram.

A edifice reception idiosyncratic made a distressing 999 telephone requesting 'urgent' assistance aft Payne had been acting erratically and was escorted backmost to his edifice room.

The edifice idiosyncratic made 2 calls, saying successful the first: 'We person a impermanent who's disconnected his caput connected drugs and is destroying everything successful his room. We request idiosyncratic to come.'

He past phoned backmost aft the enactment went dead, saying: 'I don't cognize if the guest's beingness is successful danger. The country has a balcony and we are acrophobic helium mightiness bash something.'

Payne was said to person been 'acting erratically successful the edifice lobby and smashed his laptop' earlier helium 'had to beryllium carried backmost to his room', according to section media.

Seconds aboriginal the employee, who identified himself arsenic Esteban, added: 'Just nonstop an ambulance, lone an ambulance.' Workers had heard a large dependable successful the courtyard earlier the singer's assemblage was discovered conscionable aft 5pm section clip (9pm UK time).

A signaling of the 2nd telephone lasting astir 2 minutes and leaked to section media overnight began with the 999 relation saying: 'Hello, wherever is the emergency?'

The edifice worker replied: 'Hello, bully afternoon. I called conscionable present but the enactment went dead. I'm calling from the CasaSur Palermo Hotel, code 6032, Costa Rica.'

The speech continued arsenic below:

• 999 responder: 'What happened there, sir?'
• Hotel employee: 'Well, we person a impermanent who is disconnected his caput connected drugs and alcohol. And well, erstwhile helium is conscious helium is destroying everything successful the room. And well, we request you to nonstop someone, please.'
• 999 responder: 'Under the effects of intoxicant and drugs, did you accidental sir?'
• Hotel employee: 'Yes, correct.'
• 999 responder: 'You told maine Costa Rica. Sorry but what number, sir?'
• Hotel employee: 'Costa Rica, 6032'
• 999 responder: 'That is Buenos Aires capital, betwixt Arevalo and Kramer, right?'
• Hotel manager: 'Yes.'
• 999 responder: 'Hotel, you said? What's the edifice called?'
• Hotel employee: 'CasaSur Palermo. And we request you to nonstop idiosyncratic urgently because, well, I don't cognize if the guest's beingness is successful danger. They indispensable beryllium successful a country that has a balcony. And well, we're a small spot disquieted he'll bash something, that he'll enactment his beingness astatine risk.'
• 999 responder: 'How agelong has helium been there? Or is it a residential hotel?'
• Hotel employee: 'No, no. He's been present 2 oregon 3 days.'
• 999 responder: 'Understood. And you wouldn't cognize immoderate different accusation due to the fact that you can't get into the room, no?'
• Hotel employee: 'No.'
• 999 responder: 'We'll notify the SAME [Sistema de Atención Médica de Emergencias - oregon Emergency Medical Attention Service] aesculapian effect service, okay?'
• Hotel employee: 'Yes, what I inquire you is that you nonstop idiosyncratic urgently because, well…'
• 999 responder: 'Any different accusation you tin springiness me. Who are you, the manager?'
• Hotel employee: 'I americium the caput of reception.'
• 999 responder: 'You'd beryllium successful complaint astatine the moment, right?'
• Hotel employee: 'Yes.'
• 999 responder: 'What's your name, sir?'
• Hotel employee: 'Esteban.'
• 999 responder: 'Okay, this has been notified. Thank you for letting america know. You tin bent up now.'
• Hotel manager: 'Are you sending the constabulary arsenic good oregon not?'
• 999 responder: 'The constabulary for the country you're in? Give maine a second. Area 14.'
• Hotel manager: 'No, conscionable nonstop the SAME aesculapian effect service.'

Outside the hotel, shocked fans gathered aft constabulary cordoned it disconnected with forensic investigators seen entering and exiting successful achromatic protective suits and bluish gloves. 

They were seen lighting candles and adorning the broadside of the roadworthy with flowers successful an impromptu vigil arsenic they paid tribute to the beloved euphony star.

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

The idiosyncratic said: 'When helium is conscious helium is destroying the full country and we request you to nonstop someone.'

Emergency aesculapian services manager Alberto Crescenti said Payne had suffered 'very superior injuries aft falling from a 3rd level into an interior courtyard'.

'We verified his individuality utilizing the passport helium had,' helium added.

Mr Crescenti told Argentine paper Clarin that 'the squad saw that helium seemingly had a fracture astatine the basal of the skull'.

His assemblage was transported to a section morgue wherever a post-mortem introspection volition beryllium carried out.

Mr Crescenti said Payne had fallen astir 45ft (14 metres) and suffered 'severe injuries which were incompatible with life'.

He said: 'The alarm was raised astatine 5.04pm section clip saying a idiosyncratic was lying successful an interior patio astatine Casa Sur. At 5.11pm an ambulance arrived and the antheral was certified dead.

'Afterwards we recovered retired helium had been a celebrated singer. Unfortunately the injuries helium had suffered arsenic a effect of the autumn proved to beryllium fatal. There was nary anticipation of resuscitating him.'

Unverified pictures person since emerged online claiming to beryllium Payne's edifice country wholly trashed with 1 representation showing a smashed tv screen.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office successful London confirmed it is successful interaction with authorities successful Argentina 'regarding reports of the decease of a British man'.

Payne had arrived successful Argentina earlier this period to be his ex-bandmate Niall Horan's concert.

The star's last Snapchat station showed him happily posing with his spouse Kate Cassidy arsenic they looked into a reflector - a representation which was primitively taken past August.

Further posts from the last moments of Payne's beingness showed him enjoying luncheon successful his edifice room, wherever helium revealed the brace had been 'waking up astatine 1pm each day' and deciding connected Forest Gump arsenic a Halloween costume.

A further selfie was captioned: 'Lovely time successful Argentina' earlier the prima shared a photograph of his hotel, writing: 'Happy I got immoderate clip away' followed by a bosom emoji.

He shared different photograph with Cassidy captioned: 'Quality time.'

Payne's decease comes days aft his ex-fiancée Maya Henry started ineligible proceedings against him.

The 23-year-old Texan exemplary instructed lawyers to contented a cease and desist missive to the prima aft accusing him of repeatedly contacting her.

She had besides accused Payne of obsessively contacting her friends and household including her parent Azteca Henry.

Payne formed lad set One Direction successful 2010, alongside Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles, aft they individually auditioned for The X Factor.

After becoming 1 of the biggest popular groups successful the satellite with 5 albums and 4 satellite tours, One Direction went connected indefinite hiatus successful 2016.

Earlier this month, Payne attended bandmate Horan's Argentinian performance alongside his woman Kate Cassidy.

Payne released his debut solo medium LP1 successful December 2019 which included the songs Polaroid, Familiar and Strip That Down featuring Quavo.

The opus was 1 of 2 tracks that reached the apical 10 successful the UK authoritative charts, alongside For You with Rita Ora from the movie Fifty Shades Freed - which the duo performed astatine the Brit Awards successful 2018.

Payne and Girls Aloud vocalist Cheryl stock a lad Bear, calved successful 2017, having been successful a high-profile narration betwixt 2016 and 2018.

The vocalist archetypal auditioned for The X Factor successful 2008 astatine the property of 14 singing Frank Sinatra's Fly Me To The Moon, with justice Simon Cowell telling him to instrumentality to the ITV endowment amusement 2 years later.

He impressed the judges successful 2010 singing Michael Buble's rendition of Cry Me A River earlier helium was enactment with 4 different solo hopefuls astatine the footwear campy signifier of the contention - the radical which aboriginal became One Direction.

In 2012, the lad set won their archetypal Brit Award for champion British azygous for their debut way What Makes You Beautiful, earlier picking up the Brit planetary occurrence grant a twelvemonth later.

In 2014 and 2015 they besides won champion British video for Best Song Ever and You & I respectively.

After Malik near the band, the quartet won champion creator video for Drag Me Down successful 2016. They picked up the aforesaid grant a twelvemonth aboriginal for History.

In August past year, Payne 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 August this year, Payne was announced arsenic a justice connected a caller Netflix amusement alongside erstwhile Destiny's Child vocalist Kelly Rowland and The Pussycat Dolls prima Nicole Scherzinger.

The stars were to justice attempts to make a band, looking astatine the contestants' chemistry arsenic they formed groupings successful the philharmonic contention series.

Among those paying tribute to Payne contiguous was TV presenter Dermot O'Leary who recalled him auditioning for The X Factor arsenic a 14-year-old boy.

O'Leary, who hosted The X Factor during some of Payne's appearances, shared a photograph of the brace connected stage, captioning the Instagram post: 'The worst news'.

'I retrieve him arsenic a 14-year-old turning up to audition connected The X Factor, and blowing america distant singing Sinatra. He conscionable loved to sing,' helium wrote.

'He was ever a joy, had clip for everyone, polite, grateful, and was ever humble.'

Styles' parent Anne Twist posted a broken-hearted emoji connected Instagram, captioning it: 'Just a boy.'

Singer Olly Murs, who starred connected The X Factor a twelvemonth earlier One Direction, said helium was 'lost for words', describing Payne's decease arsenic 'devastating' connected Instagram.

'We ever had a bully laughter erstwhile we saw each other, sometimes the drawback ups were lone abbreviated and saccharine but erstwhile we did it was mostly astir however annoyingly bully his hairsbreadth ever looked, oregon our emotion for Becks, the aged XF (X Factor) days and the circuit we shared together,' Murs wrote beside a representation of the pair.

'Liam shared the aforesaid passions arsenic me, the aforesaid dreams truthful to spot his beingness present extremity truthful young hits hard, I'm genuinely gutted and devastated for his household and of people his lad Bear losing a dad.'

The Wanted prima Max George said helium met Payne portion helium was competing connected The X Factor with One Direction, describing his decease arsenic 'absolutely devastating news'.

'Over the past fewer years I had the pleasance of getting to cognize him personally and spent immoderate treasured clip with him,' helium said connected Instagram.

'Liam was perfectly fantastic successful presumption of enactment erstwhile Tom (Parker) fell ill, performing astatine the Royal Albert Hall with america for Stand Up To Cancer.

'He supported maine a batch personally aft Tom passed. I volition ne'er hide that.'

Payne attended the ceremonial of Parker, who died successful March 2022 astatine the property of 33 aft being diagnosed with an inoperable encephalon tumour.

US vocalist Charlie Puth, a co-writer connected Payne's 2017 opus Bedroom Floor, said helium was successful 'shock' aft Payne's death.

'Liam was ever truthful benignant to me,' helium posted connected Instagram, alongside a postulation of photos of the brace moving together.

'He was 1 of the archetypal large artists I got to enactment with. I cannot judge helium is gone... I americium truthful upset close now, whitethorn helium remainder successful peace.'

Former SAS: Who Dares Wins big Ant Middleton said helium 'formed a brotherhood' with Payne aft they filmed a documentary unneurotic successful 2019.

The ex-Special Forces worker described the erstwhile One Direction vocalist arsenic 'a bully person of mine' aft the brace journeyed done Namibia for the programme Ant Middleton & Liam Payne: Straight Talking.

Middleton said during a unrecorded interrogation connected Australia's The Morning Show that it was 'the archetypal clip hearing' of Payne's decease astatine the property of 31 aft falling from a edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires.

'After we filmed Straight Talking With Ant Middleton, helium was my archetypal personage impermanent and we formed a brotherhood,' Middleton told hosts Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur.

'He was similar a younger member to me. He would confide successful me, I'd spell astir and spot him.

'There were immoderate issues there, but thing that a young personage astatine his calibre wouldn't endure from.

'I'm conscionable shocked astatine the moment, wow, don't truly cognize what to say.'

Middleton said Payne 'had a beauteous aura astir him', describing him arsenic a 'lovely guy'.

'He had affirmative vigor astir him,' the 44-year-old said.

'He was a visionary, helium ever thought and dreamed big, and that's wherefore helium got to wherever helium was, and helium was loved.

'He was 1 of those set members that was the glue, I believe, was the glue for One Direction, and it's a shame to spot specified a affirmative idiosyncratic dice truthful young.'

Middleton added that helium was distant filming but wanted to 'find retired what's happened to my bully friend'.

Rylan Clark said Payne's decease was 'so tragic' connected X, portion chap erstwhile X Factor contestants Jedward sent their emotion to Cheryl, his lad Bear and 'all the One Direction family'.

Socialite Paris Hilton besides paid tribute connected X, calling the singer's decease 'so upsetting', portion BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball said 'devastating news, beloved Liam Payne'.

DJ and euphony shaper Zedd, who featured alongside Payne connected the 2017 opus Get Low, called the singer's decease 'absolutely heartbreaking'.

American vocalist and rapper Ty Dolla Sign said helium volition 'miss' Payne, captioning videos and pictures connected his Instagram story: 'Just talked to you 2 days agone my guy.'

Fellow lad set the Backstreet Boys besides paid tribute, saying their hearts spell retired to 'Directioners astir the world'.

A connection connected X added: 'Words tin not explicit the emotions we are collectively feeling close now, and it seems similar the remainder of the satellite is successful the aforesaid boat.'

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has described the decease of Payne arsenic 'very bittersweet news'.

She told Sky News this morning: 'It's precise bittersweet news, it's nary property for idiosyncratic to suffer their life, and my thoughts are with his friends and family, this indispensable beryllium a full daze for them and very, precise upsetting.'

She said of his friends and household that 'my thoughts are with them astatine what indispensable beryllium a truly hard time'.

A fig of manufacture bodies joined those paying tribute, including streaming elephantine Spotify, MTV and the Brit Awards who each said successful abstracted statements that they are 'deeply saddened' by Payne's death.

Payne's travel to stardom began erstwhile helium was conscionable 14 years aged astatine his lesser-known archetypal audition for The X Factor.

Payne impressed judges with his ain mentation of Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra - but was aboriginal eliminated from the show.

However, Payne gave his singing vocation different spell auditioning for the contention again successful 2010, wherever helium rapidly changeable to fame arsenic portion of One Direction.

He and his erstwhile bandmates Horan , Malik , Styles and Tomlinson , were brought unneurotic by Simon Cowell and erstwhile justice Nicole Scherzinger who saw their imaginable arsenic a group.

After conscionable a fewer weeks of getting to cognize each different and non-stop rehearsing, the radical impressed Cowell astatine their Judge's Houses audition and sailed done to the unrecorded shows.

Cowell aboriginal admitted to Rolling Stone that it took him 'about a millionth of a second' to spot the group's worldwide potential.

The instrumentality absorption was instant too, with 1D hysteria soon dwarfing the show. Despite the adoration, the set yet finished successful 3rd spot connected the X Factor but soon afterwards Cowell sealed their destiny by signing the fivesome to a reported £2million Syco contract.

Keen to capitalise connected the boys' already devoted fanbase, Cowell moved rapidly with signaling for the band's debut medium opening successful January 2011.

One Direction became 1 of the biggest popular groups successful the satellite with 5 albums, 4 satellite tours, 1 movie and a memorable euphony video for Red Nose Day successful 2013 which featured past premier curate David Cameron happening upon them dancing successful beforehand of Number 10 Downing Street.

But six years aft they were formed, with much than 20 cardinal albums sold, the set were placed connected indefinite hiatus with Malik having already near successful 2015 to prosecute a solo career.

Marking One Direction's 10th day successful 2020, Payne shared a screenshot of a substance connection helium sent to his begetter connected the time helium joined the group, reading: 'I'm successful a boyband.'

'What a journey... I had nary thought what we were successful for erstwhile I sent this substance to my dada years agone astatine this nonstop clip the set was formed,' helium said.

In 2016, Payne signed a solo grounds woody with Capital Records UK.

He said astatine the clip helium was 'really happy' to person signed with them, adding: 'One Direction volition ever beryllium my family; I'm present excited to amusement what I tin bash arsenic a solo artist.'

Over his solo career, Payne released hits Strip That Down and Get Low.

Away from the workplace and stage, Payne entered into a narration with erstwhile Girls Aloud prima Cheryl, the brace having archetypal met connected The X Factor erstwhile she was a judge.

In March 2017, the mates announced the commencement of their lad Bear.

Proud caller begetter Payne shared a photograph of himself cradling a babe with acheronian hairsbreadth connected Instagram, with the caption: 'I'm incredibly blessed to invited our caller babe lad into the world, it's a infinitesimal that I volition ne'er hide for the remainder of my beingness and my favourite representation I person truthful far.'

The vocalist would spell connected to talk proudly of his lad successful the years to come, saying during 1 awards ceremonial that Bear 'constantly inspires' him to beryllium a amended person.

In July 2018, Payne and Cheryl announced their divided aft two-and-a-half years together.

He opened up astir their separation successful the pursuing months, saying it was pugnacious to interruption up successful the nationalist spotlight and that announcing it was 'like breaking up twice'.

In August 2020, Payne got engaged to American exemplary Maya Henry, but the brace divided during lockdown and announced the engagement had been breached disconnected successful June 2021.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Payne helped supply much than 360,000 meals to radical struggling arsenic a effect of the outbreak.

He donated to the Trussell Trust foundation to enactment much than 100 nutrient slope centres successful Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry, Sheffield, Nottingham and Bristol.

Born successful August 1993, Payne was often sick arsenic a young kid owed to issues with 1 of his kidneys.

Over the people of his euphony career, the popstar collaborated with the likes of J Balvin, French Montana, Dixie D'Amelio and A Boogie Wit da Hoodie.

He leaves down his parents, Geoff and Karen Payne, his lad Bear, seven, and his 2 older sisters, Ruth and Nicola.

MTV released the pursuing tribute: 'We're profoundly saddened to larn of Liam Payne's tragic passing today. During this hard time, our hearts stay with his family, loved one, and fans.'

The Brit Awards said: 'We're incredibly bittersweet to larn of the tragic passing of Liam Payne. Our thoughts and prayers are with his friends and household astatine this time.'

And Spotify added: 'We are profoundly saddened by the quality of Liam Payne's passing. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and the galore fans who loved and supported him.'

MailOnline has approached Payne's representatives for comment.