One Direction singer Liam Payne no more

Liam Payne, a former member of the band One Direction, died after falling from the window of a hotel in Buenos Aires. He was 31.

The incident occurred on Wednesday (16 October) at a hotel on Costa Rica Street in the Palermo neighbourhood, police said, reports CNN.

According to Buenos Aires police said personnel from the 14B Police Station went to the hotel in the afternoon after receiving a 911 call.

Payne attended his former bandmate Niall Horan's concert on 2 October in Argentina.

The musician was best known as a member of the famed British boyband One Direction.

The band, which also included Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan, first formed in 2010 after each member appeared on the UK version of reality competition show "The X Factor."

He had recently celebrated his 31st birthday in the UK.

Payne was born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands and is the youngest of three. He went to the City of Wolverhampton College, where he studied music technology.