Former One Direction member Liam Payne died on October 16 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina. A few hours before the accident, the 31-year-old man was very active on social media...
What happened on Wednesday, October 16, at the CasaSur hotel in Buenos Aires? At 10.11 pm. Liam Payne was pronounced tragically dead by Argentine police. The exact circumstances of his death have not yet been established, but we can now outline the chronology of the former One Direction star's final moments. While he was on vacation at this establishment in the Argentine capital, police received a call from the hotel reporting "an aggressive man who may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol."
According to CNN, which cited its local affiliate Todo Noticias, there were reports of "a customer who was under the influence of drugs and alcohol." "He destroys everything. He destroys the whole room." The officer then asked for someone to be sent urgently as staff did not know "if the client's life was in danger". It is also reported that hotel staff were unable to enter the room where he had been staying "for two or three days". According to local media reports, Liam Payne was also seen "behaving erratically in the hotel lobby and smashing his laptop", after which "he had to be taken back to his room".
A police statement said, "Liam James Payne, songwriter, guitarist and former member of One Direction, died today after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Palermo."
Alberto Crescenti, director of the emergency medical service, told local media outlet Clarin: "We verified his identity using the passport he had," then added: "The team saw that he apparently had a fracture at the base of the skull."
Hours before his death was announced, Liam Payne posted on social media as usual, giving no indication of the impending crash. On his Snapchat account, the singer had shared photos of his time in Buenos Aires with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy: "Beautiful day in Argentina". He appeared at the breakfast table looking relaxed and happy while playfully shouting at his girlfriend for leaving her hat on the table. His latest 'do' showed Liam Payne posing in a mirror with his girlfriend, both of them wearing swimwear. Those posts have since been deleted.
The medical team that arrived on the scene pronounced him dead after a tip-off from the local police. Emergency chief Alberto Cresenti said the singer had "very serious injuries after the fall". The doctor added that there was "no possibility of resuscitation" after Payne's fall of 13 or 14 metres. Local police and the head of the emergency services declined to answer questions about the circumstances of the incident. An investigation has been launched to confirm or dispel rumours that the singer may have been under the influence of drugs in his hotel room before the incident.
When One Direction announced their split in 2016, Liam Payne was in a relationship with singer Cheryl Cole. A year later they had a son, and in 2018 they officially split. The singer's fatherhood encouraged him to step away from the media and music scene for a while. In 2019, the singer launched a solo career - much like his former musical partners - with the album "LP1," containing his biggest hit: "Strip That Down."
In May 2023. Payne announces that he is working on his second album. The first tour dates, planned for September, were cancelled after the singer was hospitalized with a kidney infection. On March 1, 2024, the Brit finally returns with the single "Teardrops." The news of Liam Payne's death sparked an emotional reaction from fans. Some of them gathered outside the hotel where the incident happened, paying tribute to their idol. I BGNES
