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       Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dead at 31
       
       By Dan Heching, Manuela Castro, Mauricio Torres and Alli Rosenbloom,
       CNN
       
       Updated: 
       
       7:43 PM EDT, Wed October 16, 2024
       
       Source: CNN
       
       , a former member of boyband One Direction, has died after falling from
       the window of a hotel in Buenos Aires, according to police there. He
       was 31.
       
       Payne’s death occurred Wednesday at a hotel on Costa Rica Street in
       the Palermo neighborhood, according to a statement from police provided
       to CNN.
       
       Buenos Aires police said that personnel from the 14B Police Station
       went to the hotel on Wednesday afternoon after receiving a 911 call
       about an aggressive man who was possibly under the influence of drugs
       or alcohol. The police’s statement did not identify that person as
       Payne.
       
       Payne was seen in Argentina attending his former bandmate Niall
       Horan’s concert on October 2, according to  posted to social media
       from the show.
       
       He had recently celebrated his 31st birthday in the UK, according to
       videos posted to his Snapchat. Payne was born in Wolverhampton, West
       Midlands and is the youngest of three. He is an  of the City of
       Wolverhampton College, where he studied music technology.
       
       Payne was best known as a member of the famed British boyband One
       Direction. The band, which also included Harry Styles, Zayn Malik,
       Louis Tomlinson and Horan, first formed in 2010 after each member
       appeared on the UK version of reality competition show “The X
       Factor.”
       
       CNN has reached out to representatives for Payne as well as his former
       One Direction bandmates for comment.
       
       “I do love being on stage,” Payne said of performing and
       songwriting with the group in a 2015 interview with . He said he was
       most proud of co-writing their song, “What a Feeling.”
       
       “That was a big one that me and Louis sat and wrote together,”
       Payne recalled. “It just kinda came together. It was inspired by a
       Fleetwood Mac sound. It’s just a nice driving jam — imagine driving
       down the coast.”
       
       One Direction announced they were taking a hiatus in 2015. Payne later
       released his debut solo album in 2019 titled “LP1.” In May 2023,
       Payne announced that he was working on a new album that he was
       “really excited” about, and that he was planning a tour.
       
       He had been open about past struggles with substance abuse and and
       being six months sober in the summer of 2023.
       
       The tour was set to kick off in South America in September that same
       year, but Payne had to the scheduled dates after suffering a kidney
       infection.
       
       In March of this year, Payne released the song “Teardrops.”
       
       Payne had a son, born in 2017, who he shared with former Girls Aloud
       singing group member Cheryl Cole.
       
       In a shared on YouTube in 2023, Payne talked about the love and
       affection he felt for his son, Bear.
       
       “He’s awesome. He’s growing up far too quickly,” Payne shared
       at the time. “He’s far more smart than I think I’ll ever be.
       He’s a wonder.”
       
       This story has been updated with additional information.
       
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