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Topics: Celebs, Entertainment, One Direction
Steph Perlman
Former One Direction singer Liam Payne was found dead after falling from his hotel room balcony in Argentina, according to a report from TMZ. Several witnesses at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires confirm Liam’s fatal fall was from the third floor shortly after 5 pm. The 31-year-old had allegedly been “acting erratic” at the hotel, reportedly smashing his laptop and “had to be carried back to his room.” After his fall, Buenos Aires emergency services chief Alberto Crescenti told La Nación that Liam suffered “serious injuries” that were untreatable once responders arrived at the scene.
Alberto explained, “Our role was to head there quickly, give medical attention, and try to resuscitate him, but his injuries were incompatible with life. Based on what the team saw, there was apparently a cranial fracture and extremely serious injuries that led to his immediate death.” This is the preliminary ruling for Liam Payne’s cause of death. Fans across the globe are mourning this tremendous loss.
Of course, Liam was known for being one fifth of one of the biggest boy bands of all time: One Direction. The band was formed in 2010 when Simon Cowell put Liam, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, and Niall Horan into a group together on the X Factor. The boys shot to mega stardom seemingly overnight.
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Their debut album, Up All Night was a best seller, becoming the UK’s fastest-selling debut album of 2011. The band traveled the globe together for four years before Zayn announced he was leaving the band in 2015 and they all went their separate ways.
Despite One Direction breaking up, many of the bandmates stayed close. Liam was most recently spotted at Niall’s concert in Argentina at the beginning of October.
On March 22 2017, Liam Payne and then-girlfriend Cheryl welcomed baby boy Bear Grey Payne before splitting in 2018. They announced his birth with a polaroid shot on Instagram (since deleted). Liam and Cheryl both have kept Bear’s life private from the public. However, Liam told PEOPLE in 2024, “He looks exactly like me, which is very strange. When family members see baby pictures of me now, they say, ‘Oh wow, Bear looks really great there!'”
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In 2022, he told the publication: “I see him two times a week, three times a week sometimes, And I make sure when I see him, he has 100 percent of my time. I make sure that I’m not on my phone or dicking around somewhere else. So, I like to give him those moments and it’s important, he needs that in his life, he needs his dad in his life, and I’m happy he looks at me like a superhero, and I’m hoping to keep it that way.”
Liam’s loss is massively felt all over the world.