{"id":118625,"date":"2024-10-17T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/10\/17\/former-one-direction-star-liam-payne-dies-after-fall-from-hotel-in-argentina-police\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T00:01:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:01:38","slug":"former-one-direction-star-liam-payne-dies-after-fall-from-hotel-in-argentina-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/10\/17\/former-one-direction-star-liam-payne-dies-after-fall-from-hotel-in-argentina-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Former One Direction star Liam Payne dies after fall from hotel in Argentina: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-10-16\/Getty_LiamPayne_101624.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC\">Former <strong>One Direction<\/strong> star <strong>Liam Payne<\/strong> died after falling from the third floor of his hotel in Argentina, according to state police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The English singer was 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Payne was staying at the hotel CasaSur in Palermo, Buenos Aires, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Payne joined One Direction at the group&#8217;s inception in 2010 after appearing on the show <em>The<\/em>\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em>. The group also included <strong>Harry Styles<\/strong>,<strong> Niall Horan<\/strong>,<strong> Zayn Malik<\/strong> and <strong>Louis Tomlinson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">After the band broke up in 2015, Payne began a solo career, releasing the song &#8220;Strip That Down&#8221; in 2017 and the album<em> LP1<\/em> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The singer shared a YouTube video in 2023 in which he revealed he had been sober for six months after spending nearly 100 days at a Louisiana rehab facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">When he was 29, Payne said he had &#8220;more of a grip on life&#8221; after he&#8217;d taken time for himself after becoming &#8220;somebody who I didn&#8217;t really recognize anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The singer said he was channeling his energy into being a better dad for his son, <strong>Bear<\/strong>, who he shared with singer <strong>Cheryl Cole<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">In March, Payne released the song &#8220;Teardrops,&#8221; which he said on Instagram was &#8220;born from many tears, not all mine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">&#8220;I hope you love it like I do and not too many of you can relate,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN\"><em>This is a developing story. 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