Argentina Former One Direction singer dies in Buenos Aires

Former One Direction member Liam Payne has died. The British singer, guitarist and composer died on Wednesday after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires at the age of 31, police said.

Payne had suffered "very serious injuries" in the fall, the head of the city's emergency services, Alberto Crescenti, told local television. There was "no possibility of resuscitation".

According to Crescenti, the emergency services had rushed to the hotel in the Palermo district after receiving an emergency call at 5.04 p.m. local time. They arrived seven minutes after the call and "discovered the death of the man, who we later learned was a singer".

The boyband One Direction, which was cast for a TV show and included singer Harry Styles, was hugely successful worldwide. In 2016, One Direction declared they were taking a break. Payne announced in the same year that he was working on a solo album.

According to Billboard magazine, Payne attended a concert by his former bandmate Niall Horan in Buenos Aires on October 2.

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