One Direction’s Liam Payne Dead at 31

Liam Payne, who rose to fame as a member of chart-topping British boy band One Direction, has died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. He was just 31 years old.

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Payne died Wednesday evening, CNN reports, with several witnesses saying he fell from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Authorities are still investigating the nature of Payne’s death.

Payne is best known as a member of One Direction, a group assembled in 2010 on the reality competition The X Factor , along with fellow bandmates Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan. The group was a worldwide sensation, becoming one of the top-selling boy bands of all time with hits like “What Makes You Beautiful,” “Live While We’re Young” and “Story of My Life.”

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Payne embarked on a solo career when One Direction went on hiatus in 2016. He released his debut solo album, LP1 , in 2018, with its lead single “Strip That Down” going platinum.

Payne is survived by a son, Bear Grey, born in 2017 and shared with former girlfriend Cheryl Cole.

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