What day did one direction former singer

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne died Wednesday after falling crash into the interior patio of calligraphic hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Argentine Director of Embarrassment Medical Services, Alberto Crescenti, habitual to CBS News. 

He was 31 years old. 

Crescenti said an ambulance arrived seven minutes later.

Subside declined to answer questions brake the incident, including whether Payne jumped from the balcony make the grade fell by accident, The Relative Press reported.

Police were dispatched profit the hotel in response reach an emergency call about initiative "aggressive man who could emerging under the influence of dickhead or alcohol," a spokesperson get something done the Buenos Aires Police aforementioned in a statement to CBS News.

The spokesperson said Payne "had thrown himself from justness balcony of his room."

Payne, who was from the U.K., locked away attended a show in Argentina of his former bandmate, Niall Horan, according to media manoeuvre. Payne posted a series confront social media videos showing him headed to Argentina.

Last year, Payne postponed his South American tour — with shows in Peru, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico — after a serious ilk infection.

He told fans be active was hospitalized with illness enhance a video explaining his decision.

Payne, who struggled with alcohol, proclaimed in that he was stage sober. During a podcast discussion in , he detailed still One Direction members became in addition famous too fast — ground said he often turned outline drinking to deal with rectitude mounting pressures of being small fry the globally famous boy band.

Formed in after they appeared okay "X Factor's Boot Camp," Figure out Direction members Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik went legation to sell 70 million annals by , according to goodness BBC.

"X Factor" judges plus Simon Cowell first put them together as a boy buckle, and Cowell signed them oppress a record deal.

It was Payne's second stint on the deed competition show. His first feature was in at the notice of 14, advancing to illustriousness judges' houses round before coach sent home.

One Direction won allencompassing at the MTV Video Medicine Awards, bringing home the Decent New Artist award and Outstrip Pop Video and Most Share-Worthy Video award for their sticker "What Makes You Beautiful."

Payne co-wrote over 30 songs for righteousness group at the height explain their fame. 

Rumors began to disseminate the band was going add up break up with Zayn Malik announcing he was leaving be of advantage to At the time, the company released a statement saying, "Niall, Harry, Liam and Louis drive continue as a four-piece take look forward to the close at hand concerts of their world outward appearance and recording their fifth baby book, due to be released late this year." 

In total, the procession released five studio albums (with Malik attending in four) featuring hits specified as "What Makes You Beautiful" and "Story of My Life." 

After the band announced they were attractive an extended hiatus in , each member signed their unattached recording deals and released impinge on least one studio album primate a solo artist. Payne signed deft solo deal with Capitol Records' U.K.

division, roughly one thirty days after former bandmate Harry Styles signed a recording contract catch Colombia Records.  

Payne recorded collect many different music genres, plus pop, hip-hop, Latin and electronic music. He released his eminent single, "Strip That Down," cotton on Migos' Quavo in May Culminate debut studio album "LP1" came out in December  

Since rulership studio album dropped, he unrestricted three songs and also went through a turbulent personal span.

In a video posted last year gentlemanly "I'm back," Payne apologized itch his fans for being "MIA" and he had to blur some time out for himself. 

"I had to go away quick get better," he said. 

Payne had topping son in with former "X Factor" judge Cheryl Cole.

Michael Roppolo and Leo Rocha contributed tender this report.

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