Former One Direction member Liam Payne has died. He was 31 years old.
Payne died after falling from the third floor of his hotel room in Argentina, state police reported on ABC and CNN.
Born on August 29, 1993 in Wolverhampton, England, Payne rose to fame after auditioning for the fifth season of The X Factor in 2008, in front of judges Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh.
Having made it through the first round after a performance of Frank Sinatra's “Fly Me to the Moon”, he was eventually placed in the newly formed boy band to be called One Direction, with bandmates Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn. Malik.
And although the group didn't win that season of The X Factor, they became one of the best-selling boy groups of all time, known for hits like “What Makes You Beautiful,” “Night Changes” and “Steal My Girl.” ” The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016. Malik had left the band a year earlier.