British singer Liam Payne, a former member of the best-selling boy band One Path, died Wednesday (16) aged 31 after plunging from the third flooring of a Buenos Aires lodge, police and emergency responders stated.
It was not instantly clear if the autumn was unintentional. Payne had spoken publicly about struggles with alcohol, and police stated they responded to a report of “an aggressive man who could also be beneath the affect of medication or alcohol.”
Minutes after the information of Payne’s demise broke, distraught followers — most of their 20s and 30s — gathered close to the scene within the Argentine capital, the place medical groups had been at work.
“The information hit me laborious,” fan Pilar Bilik, 27, stated exterior the lodge.
So upsetting to listen to the information of @LiamPayne passing Sending love and condolences to his household & family members. RIP my pal
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Police stated in a press release that “Liam James Payne, composer and guitarist, former member of the band One Path, died immediately after falling from the third flooring of a lodge.”
Alberto Crescenti, head of the Buenos Aires emergency medical service, instructed native tv that there had been “no chance of resuscitation.”
Crescenti stated emergency personnel rushed to the Casa Sur lodge within the metropolis’s Palermo neighborhood after an emergency name was made at 5:04 pm native time (2004 GMT).
They arrived seven minutes later and “verified the demise of this man, who we later learnt was a singer.”
Payne appeared to have suffered a fracture on the base of his cranium from the autumn that Crescenti stated was from “about 13 or 14 meters” (about 43-46 toes).
The UK’s overseas workplace confirmed it was in touch with Argentine authorities “relating to experiences of the demise of a British man”, however declined to establish the person or remark additional.
Argentine media retailers reported on what they stated was an emergency name from a lodge supervisor reporting a visitor “on medicine and destroying the room.”
The supervisor reportedly instructed the operator the visitor “has a balcony, and we’re afraid they could do one thing to place their life in danger.”
The Buenos Aires safety ministry stated in a press release that when officers arrived, the lodge supervisor reported “the demise of a person who had jumped from the balcony of his room.”
The Clarin newspaper printed images of what it stated was the inside of Payne’s room, with white powder seen on a desk subsequent to a chunk of aluminum foil and a lighter, and a tv with a damaged display screen.
A physique was faraway from the lodge round 8:30 pm native time by hearth truck, as followers cried and applauded solemnly.
British-Irish pop sensations One Path emerged in 2010 when then-teenagers Payne, Niall Horan, Harry Types, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik appeared on British tv contest “The X Issue.”
Payne had been on The X Issue twice earlier than putting gold.
The band went on to launch an album of radio-ready songs annually in time for the vacation purchasing season and have become one of many highest-grossing reside acts on this planet.
In 2016, after Malik left, the group stated it was on an indefinite hiatus, however not splitting up.
Payne introduced he was engaged on a solo album that very same yr, following within the footsteps of different band members.
In 2017, he welcomed a son along with his then-partner Cheryl Cole, a British singer and tv persona.
Payne’s lead single “Strip That Down” peaked at quantity three on the UK charts and quantity 10 on the US Billboard high songs listing.
The album, “LP1,” was launched in December 2019.
Former X Issue presenter Dermot O’Leary posted a tribute to Payne on Instagram following experiences of the singer’s demise.
Born August 29, 1993, Payne has lately spoken brazenly about struggles with alcoholism and fame.
In a 2023 video posted to his YouTube account, he stated he had frolicked in rehab and mentioned his efforts to cease ingesting: “I type of grew to become someone who I didn’t actually acknowledge anymore. And I’m certain you guys didn’t both.”
Final yr, he stated he was engaged on a second solo album and launched a single this March.
Payne had attended a live performance by former bandmate Horan in Buenos Aires on October 2, in response to Billboard journal.
“I really feel prefer it’s part of adolescence misplaced,” fan Lena Duek, 21, stated exterior the lodge Wednesday, including she had been hoping for the band, whose music was the soundtrack of her teen years, to reunite.
