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Ex-One Direction member Liam Payne dead in Argentina hotel fall

Officials say singer was found below a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on Wednesday
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FILE - One DirectionB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Liam Payne, second from right, poses for a photo with fellow band members Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Liam Tomlinson at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in London, Sept. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, 31, was found dead after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, local officials told Argentine media.

Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, said on ArgentinaB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Todo Noticias TV channel that Payne fell into a courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the trendy Palermo neighborhood of ArgentinaB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s capital. Crescenti declined to answer further questions about the incident, including whether Payne jumped from the balcony or fell by accident.

Crescenti told Todo Noticias that authorities were investigating the circumstances of his death and conducting an autopsy. Argentine media reported that Payne was in Buenos Aires to attend the concert of his former One Direction bandmate Niall Horan.





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