One Direction Star Liam Payne Dies After Falling from Hotel Balcony in Buenos Aires

Posted on the 17 October 2024 by Frontpage

One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires

Police say they were called to the hotel after reports of an “aggressive man who may have been under the effects of drugs and alcohol”

Payne fell from the balcony after officers arrived, the statement adds

Fans have been gathering outside the hotel to mourn the 31-year-old’s death – lighting candles, singing One Direction songs and holding moments of silence

Payne, from Wolverhampton in the UK, rose to global fame when One Direction were formed on the X Factor in 2010

They became the biggest boy band in the world, before going on hiatus in 2016. Payne released his only solo album in 2019