Liam Payne, a former member of the boy band One Direction, was found dead Wednesday in Buenos Aires after reportedly falling from the third floor of a hotel, according to ABC and The Associated Press. He was 31 years old.

Liam Payne, who came to fame as a member of One Direction, has died. He was 31. On Wednesday, Secretario de Seguridad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires David Kraventz (the Security Secretary of Buenos Aires) confirmed to Rolling Stone that the British singer died after falling from the third floor of CasaSur Palmero Hotel in Buenos Aires,

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, one-fifth of the British boy band died outside a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, local police confirmed Wednesday. He was 31. The British musician was found dead after falling from his third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur hotel.