Liam Payne

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<div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4AhWwKNioa/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=596&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A209688.30000000075%2C%22ls%22%3A209312.19999999925%2C%22le%22%3A209677.30000000075%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="688" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p style="-webkit- margin-bottom:12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">British singer Liam Payne, a former member of the best-selling pop group One Direction, died Wednesday aged 31 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentine police said.</p><p style="-webkit- margin-bottom:12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&quot;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,&quot; a police statement said.</p><p style="-webkit- margin-bottom:12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The singer had suffered &quot;very serious injuries incompatible with life as a result of his fall,&quot; the head of the city&#x27;s SAME emergency medical service, Alberto Crescenti, told local television, adding &quot;there was no possibility of resuscitation.&quot;</p><p style="-webkit- margin-bottom:12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Crescenti said emergency personnel rushed to the Casa Sur hotel in the capital&#x27;s Palermo neighborhood after a 911 call was made at 17.04 pm local time. </p><p style="-webkit- margin-bottom:12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">They arrived seven minutes later and &quot;verified the death of this man, who we later learnt was a singer.&quot;</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dWrShSEuOK0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p style="-webkit- margin-bottom:12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Boy band sensation One Direction emerged in 2010 when then-teenagers Payne, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik appeared on British television contest &quot;The X Factor.&quot;</p><p style="-webkit- margin-bottom:12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">In 2016, the group announced it was going on an indefinite hiatus, but not splitting up.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/07/23/20/one-direction-breaks-social-media-hiatus-to-mark-10th-anniversary">One Direction breaks social media hiatus to mark 10th anniversary</a></div><p style="-webkit- margin-bottom:12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Payne announced he was working on a solo album that same year, following in the footsteps of other band members.</p><p style="-webkit- margin-bottom:12px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.3;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">He had attended a concert by former band mate Horan in Buenos Aires on October 2, according to Billboard magazine.<br/><br/><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/07/24/22/why-nicole-scherzinger-is-trending-in-time-for-one-directions-12th-anniv">Why Nicole Scherzinger is trending in time for One Direction&#x27;s anniversary</a><br/><br/></p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Om1s_J1TK1Y?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>British singer Liam Payne, a former member of the group One Direction, died Wednesday aged 31 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina, police in Buenos Aires said.</p>

British singer Liam Payne, a former member of the group One Direction, died Wednesday aged 31 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina, police in Buenos Aires said.

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One Direction's Liam Payne falls to death at Argentina hotel

One Direction's Liam Payne falls to death at Argentina hotel

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Published Oct 17, 2024 06:08 AM PHT

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