Liam Payne death latest: Preliminary autopsy reveals One Direction star died of multiple traumas caused by hotel fall
Singer has died aged 31 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires
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One Direction star Liam Payne has died suddenly aged 31, after falling from a hotel balcony in the Palermo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Local authorities have said they will conduct an autopsy and investigate the circumstances surrounding the singer’s death.
Payne’s family said in a statement issued by his spokeswoman: “We are heartbroken. Liam will forever live in our hearts and we’ll remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul.
”We are supporting each other the best we can as a family and ask for privacy and space at this awful time.”
Simon Cowell has responded to the news, while stars including Liam Gallagher, X Factor host Dermot O’Leary and Harry Style’s mother Anne Twist are among those to have paid tribute.
Payne rose to fame while competing on season five of The X Factor in 2010, when he was placed in the band One Direction along with Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik.
They went on to become one of the world’s most successful boybands, selling 70 million records and performing in stadiums around the world.
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An hour before news of his death broke, Payne shared now-deleted photos from his trip to Buenos Aires with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy.
In a video, Payne can be seen sitting at his hotel’s breakfast table, joking with Cassidy about leaving her hat on the table. “Lovely day in Argentina,” the video was captioned.
“It’s a lovely day here in Argentina,” he said in the video. “This is the breakfast table. Just enjoying coffee and breakfast even though it’s 1pm.”
In another post, Payne posed with Cassidy for a selfie with the caption, “Quality time” and teased a Halloween costume idea with a photo of himself sitting on a chair. It was captioned: “Halloween costume idea: Forest Gump.”
Payne’s final Snapchat story was a photo of himself and Cassidy in swimsuits, one that Cassidy had posted on Instagram in August 2023 to mark his 30th birthday.
Liam Payne’s final posts show how he spent his day just hours before his death
Singer, who rose to fame as member of British pop band One Direction, died after fall from third floor of hotel in Argentina
Prime minister Keir Starmer pays tribute to Liam Payne
“The Prime Minister’s sincere condolences are with Liam’s family and friends at this time,” a spokesperson for Keir Starmer said.
“One Direction were one of the biggest bands in history, and the music has a huge impact on many millions of fans around the world”.
Payne’s secondary school in Wolverhampton shares tribute
Two schools where Payne was a student have paid tribute to the One Direction star.
City of Wolverhampton College shared an old photograph of Payne, wearing school uniform, at a mixing desk in their music department and said the news was “very sad”.
St Peter’s Collegiate Academy Wolverhampton said it was “deeply saddened”.
The statement said he was “well-liked” by staff and students and his “contributions” to the school community are well remembered.
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One Direction singer has died aged 31, after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires
Former One Direction vocal coach says people should focus on Payne’s music legacy
CeCe Sammy-Lightfoot, a vocal coach who previously worked with One Direction, has said she “absolutely loved working with the whole band”.
She told Sky News: “The biggest thing I would like to say to everyone out there is that, you know, at such a young age, Liam and all of One Direction worked so hard, spent hour upon hour, day and night, working round the clock.”
“He has contributed so much into the music world. And the main thing with all of this sadness, I just want to say to everyone to remember what he has done in his contribution to music, because it’s very easy to get sort of distracted by where people might want to go, what happened personally in his life.”
The vocal coach grew emotional as she spoke about the importance of people remembering his musical legacy.
“But I think at this time it’s really important, especially because he has a family out there, to really think about... sorry, I’m getting all emotional, but for them to really remember what he contributed to music generally,” she said.
McFly ‘extremely sad’ to hear news of Payne’s death
McFly, the boyband who rose to fame in the Noughties with hits like “All About You” and “Star Girl”, have said they are “shocked and extremely sad to wake up to the news of Liam Payne’s death”.
Bandmates Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd said in a statement: “Our thoughts and love are with his family and friends at such a difficult time.”
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Liam Payne, who rose to global fame as a member of the British pop band One Direction, has died aged 31.
The singer died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina, officials said on Wednesday 16 October. Pablo Policicchio, the spokesperson for the Security Ministry of Buenos Aires municipality, said in a statement to the Associated Press that police were dispatched to the hotel in response to an emergency call about an “aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol”.
Born in Wolverhampton, England, Payne was drawn to singers such as Usher and Justin Timberlake. He remembered his childhood as a happy one: his father, Geoff, worked as a fitter, while his mother, Karen, was a nursery nurse.
“It was great, though we didn’t have much,” he told The Telegraph in a 2017 interview. “Dad was in debt, but they did the best they could. It makes you dream a bit, you know?”
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Singer, who rose to fame as a member of boyband One Direction, died aged 31 after falling from a hotel in Buenos Aires
Niall Horan’s brother Greg pays tribute to ‘top man’ Payne
Greg Horan, the older brother of One Direction’s Niall, has shared a tribute to Payne.
Writing in a post on Instagram, Greg said he was “heartbroken” by the news, and that Payne was “only one of four lads I was happy enough to take my place in Niall’s life as a brother”.
“You will be forever missed Liam words can’t describe how much I want to grab my brother and mind him now while the world shows their memories of you and him and the boys,” he said, calling Payne a “top young boy to a man, a son, a brother”.
“My heart goes out to your family parents and sisters and your son Bear and your 1D brothers. 10th October we met and we started out that evening as five families into one big 1D family. Thank you for all the laughs bro watch down on all your family and mind them. Lots of love kiddo x x x 1D 4 LIFE.”
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In the days before his death, Liam Payne’s girlfriend of two years, 25-year-old influencer Kate Cassidy, had joined him on his trip to Argentina. The pair had been documenting their trip together on social media.
Cassidy had been on the trip with Payne for two weeks before she decided to return home to her Florida home.
In a vlog posted on her TikTok account two days before Payne’s death, Cassidy said she was “so ready to leave” Buenos Aires after their five day trip had turned into a two week long holiday.
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