Former One Direction member Liam Payne dies in Argentina: He was 31

17.10.2024 11:00

Liam Payne, a former member of the pop group One Direction, which enjoyed enormous popularity in the first half of the 2010s, has passed away.

A man died in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.

Alberto Crescenti, a representative of the city's Emergency Medical Aid System, shared this information on air on one of the local television channels, TASS reports.

Details of Liam Payne's Death

On Wednesday, October 16, at 17:04 local time (in Belarus at that time it was 23:04), doctors received a message that a person had been found lying in the courtyard of one of the hotels in Buenos Aires.

Within a few minutes, paramedics arrived at the scene.

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However, it turned out that it was no longer possible to save the man: he was declared dead.

Argentine experts have confirmed the death of 31-year-old Liam Payne.

As one of the local TV channels reported, the hotel called the police before the incident.

Law enforcement officers were told that there was a person in the building who was displaying aggressive behavior.

Liam Payne was one of the five members of the popular boy band One Direction. The group was created in 2010. Over the next few years, the band demonstrated serious creative and commercial success. However, in 2016, the group suspended its activities.

Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief