{"id":2623,"date":"2024-10-17T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/entertainment\/liam-payne-former-one-direction-singer-dies-at-31-after-falling-from-hotel-in-argentina\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:20:00","slug":"liam-payne-former-one-direction-singer-dies-at-31-after-falling-from-hotel-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/entertainment\/liam-payne-former-one-direction-singer-dies-at-31-after-falling-from-hotel-in-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Payne, former One Direction singer, dies at 31 after falling from hotel in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former One Direction singer Liam Payne died Wednesday after falling into the interior patio of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Argentine Director of Emergency Medical Services, Alberto Crescenti, confirmed to CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was 31 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crescenti said an ambulance arrived seven minutes later. He declined to answer questions about the incident, including whether Payne jumped from the balcony or fell by accident, The Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n

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Liam Payne at an event on Jan. 21, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Police were dispatched to the hotel in response to an emergency call about an “aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol,” a spokesperson for the Buenos Aires Police said in a statement to CBS News. The spokesperson said Payne “had thrown himself from the balcony of his room.”<\/p>\n

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Police and firefighters work the scene at Casa Sur hotel where former One Direction member Liam Payne died on Oct. 16, 2024 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Payne, who was from the U.K., had attended a show in Argentina of his former bandmate, Niall Horan, according to media reports. Payne posted a series of social media videos showing him headed to Argentina.<\/p>\n