Former One Direction star Liam Payne dies aged 31 after balcony fall

The 31-year-old British musician was found dead after falling from the hotel's third floor, according to reports

Liam Payne is said to have been in Buenos Aires to attend the concert of his former One Direction bandmate Niall Horan. File picture: Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage

Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

Local police said the 31-year-old singer fell from the third floor into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the Palermo neighbourhood of Argentina’s capital, before medics confirmed his death.