Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died at the age of 31, according to reports.
Payne is reported to have died in a fall at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, local officials said, according to the Associated Press.
He was part of the original line-up of the world-famous boy band, formed in 2010, alongside Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles.
Liam Payne arrives for the world premiere of ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’, at the Royal Festival Hall in London during the BFI London Film Festival. Picture date: Saturday October 9, 2021.
After becoming one of the biggest pop groups in the world with five albums and four world tours, they went on indefinite hiatus in 2016.
Payne released his debut solo album LP1 in December 2019 which included the singles Polaroid and Familiar.
He and Girls Aloud singer Cheryl share a son Bear, born in 2017, having been in a high-profile relationship between 2016 and 2018.