Liam Payne, former One Direction star, dead at 31

Liam Payne, a former member of British boyband One Direction, died on Wednesday, reports CNN. He was 31.
“Liam James Payne, composer and guitarist, former member of the band One Direction, died today after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Palermo,” a police statement said, per the Buenos Aires Times.
Police are currently investigating the incident.
Payne rose to fame on “The X Factor” with his fellow bandmates, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson, per Variety.
Together, One Direction released five albums and went on four world tours. The band went on an indefinite hiatus when Malik left the group in 2015.