British musician Liam Payne, former member of the group One Directiondied Wednesday at the age of 31 in Argentina, Buenos Aires police announced.
«Liam James Paynesongwriter and guitarist, former band member One Directiondied today after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Palermo, a district of the Argentine capital, police said in a statement.
The musician presented “very serious injuries following his fall, we pronounced him dead, there was no possibility of resuscitation,” declared the head of emergency, Alberto Crescention local television.
He said emergency services were called to the Casa Sur hotel in the Palermo district after receiving a call at 5:40 p.m. local time.
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Arriving seven minutes later, a team “noted the death of this man and later we discovered that he was a singer in a group,” he continued.
An investigation into the causes of death has been opened.
Liam Payne was with Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik et Harry Styles one of the members of the boys band formed in 2010 and has enjoyed dazzling success.
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The announcement in 2016 of a break in the group’s career, never formalized as a separation, upset millions of fans.
According to the magazine BillboardLiam Payne had attended a concert of his former companion Niall Horan in Buenos Aires on October 2.
