Liam Payne, former One Direction star, dead at 31

Liam Payne, a former member of British boyband One Direction, died on Wednesday, reports CNN . He was 31.

“Liam James Payne, composer and guitarist, former member of the band One Direction, died today after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Palermo,” a police statement said, per the Buenos Aires Times .

Police are currently investigating the incident.

Payne rose to fame on “The X Factor” with his fellow bandmates, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson, per Variety .

Together, One Direction released five albums and went on four world tours. The band went on an indefinite hiatus when Malik left the group in 2015.