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Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police.

Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear.
Police said they discovered Paynes body after emergency services responded to a call from staff at a hotel where the pop star was staying in the citys trendy Palermo neighborhood.

Payne rocketed to global stardom as part of One Direction, the massively popular boyband that was created on the British version of the X Factor in 2010.

The group, which included members Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik, announced an indefinite hiatus in
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Staff at the hotel had requested urgent police assistance shortly before Paynes death Wednesday, according to an emergency call obtained by CNNs Argentine affiliate Todo Noticias.

We have a guest who is overwhelmed with drugs and alcohol, the hotel manager said on the call. He breaks things up. He is tearing the whole room apart.

The manager told the call operator that because Paynes room had a balcony, were a little afraid that hell do something.

Earlier this month, the pop star was seen in Argentina attending his former bandmate Horans concert.

CNN has reached out to representatives for Payne as well as his former One Direction bandmates for comment.

Payne first dazzled British audiences as a brighteyed 14-year-old during his audition for The X Factor in 2008, singing Frank Sinatras Fly Me to the Moon.

I should really be concentrating on my [school] work, but I just think about singing too much, he said before his first audition. Payne, who grew up in Wolverhampton, a city in the English midlands near Birmingham, spoke then with a thick Brummie accent that would fade as his career progressed.

Judge Simon Cowell later cut Payne before that series live performances, telling him to focus on his studies and come back in two years.

In 2010, Payne, then 16, returned for his second audition. Later in the series, judge Nicole Scherzinger grouped Payne together with Styles, Tomlinson, Horan and Malik to form One Direction. The group came third in the competition and signed with Cowells record label, embarking on their first tour the following year that sold out in many of the 54 global venues.

One Direction remains one of the best-selling boy bands of all time, selling more than 70 million records worldwide.
All five former members pursued solo careers following the bands 2016 indefinite hiatus.

The fame took a personal toll on Payne, who spoke openly about his struggles with substance abuse and his mental health.

When youre doing hundreds and hundreds of [concerts] and its the same 22 songs at the same time every single day, even if youre not happy, youve got to go out there, Payne told Mens Health Australia in 2019. He said he often drank before going on stage in an effort to manage the stress.