Local police said Payne was declared dead on the spot after falling from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires.

Following the 31-year-old’s death on Wednesday, his friends and former collaborators have shared their shock and grief.

Fans, music-industry figures and fellow musicians paid tribute to Payne, 31, who died after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.

Sean Smith from Portsmouth knew the star from the TV series and reacts to the sad news.

The X Factor has paid tribute to One Direction member Liam Payne following his death yesterday (October 16). The 31 year-old died in a fall in a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The British group formed in 2010 during their appearance on U.

Back in 2008, the world was introduced to a budding young singer named Liam Payne when he auditioned for the fifth season of the British TV series The X Factor. Now 16 years later, the world is mourning his death.

Liam Payne first registered on the pop radar as a fresh-faced 14-year-old, trying out for The X Factor in 2008. "I should really be concentrating on my [school] work but I just think about singing too much,

A collective gasp echoed like a thunderclap in a valley in our Daily Beast newsroom late Wednesday afternoon at the news that singer Liam Payne, who became famous as a member of the group One Direction,

The former One Direction member died on Wednesday, Oct. 16, after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina at the age of 31

Following the unexpected death of Liam Payne, friends, fans and loved ones have taken to social media with an outpouring of emotional tributes. As reports broke that the One Direction alum died at age 31 on Wednesday when he fell from the balcony of his Buenos Aires,