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.jpg) Payne performing at Soldier Field in Illinois in 2015. | |
| Date | 16 October 2024 |
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| Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Cause | Multiple trauma |
| Deaths | Liam Payne |
On 16 October 2024, English singer-songwriter and One Direction member Liam Payne died after falling off a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur hotel in Palermo, Buenos Aires. His death was announced on TN by Alberto Crescenti, the director of Buenos Aires's public emergency medical service. Police and an autopsy found drugs in both his hotel room and his system. Tributes were paid by Payne's family, One Direction bandmates Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson, and former partner Cheryl, as well as The X Factor judges Simon Cowell and Robbie Williams, the association football clubs Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. and West Bromwich Albion F.C., the UK prime minister Keir Starmer, and multiple music industry figures.
Filming for Britain's Got Talent was suspended for a day, with Cowell taking an extra day off. TMZ, Wikipedia, ABC News, and Hulu were criticised by One Direction fans for their behaviour immediately after Payne's death. A fan set up a petition calling for better support for those in the music industry, which had 60,000 signatures in its first five days.