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Liam Payne’s death: What to know about autopsy results, 911 call and days leading to deadly hotel fall
One Direction member Liam Payne died Oct. 16 after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina
A hotel worker in Argentina said One Direction’s Liam Payne was intoxicated and ‘breaking the whole room’ before Payne fell to his death from a balcony Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Buenos Aires City Police/Reuters)
Fans around the world have been mourning the sudden death of One Direction member Liam Payne.
Payne died Oct. 16 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31.
The musician was part of the boy band One Direction, which also featured Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik. The group was formed by Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger after the boys auditioned separately on “The X Factor.”
After five chart-topping studio albums and four world tours, One Direction announced an indefinite hiatus to pursue solo projects in 2016. Payne had embarked on his own journey, releasing one solo studio album, two extended plays and 14 singles before his death.
Liam Payne died Oct. 16 as a “result of the fall he suffered from the balcony of the third floor room,” according to a preliminary autopsy report. (Getty Images)
Here’s what to know:
Authorities have released Liam’s preliminary autopsy results
Payne died Wednesday as a “result of the fall he suffered from the balcony of the third floor room of the hotel in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo where he was staying,” according to the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office No. 16, temporarily headed by Marcelo Roma.
The autopsy report claimed Payne died from “polytrauma” and “an internal and external hemorrhage.”
Liam Payne died Oct. 16 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. (Reuters/Henry Nicholls)
According to the report, circumstances surrounding his death are still being investigated as “dubious,” although it appeared Payne had been alone when the fall occurred and that the musician was “going through some type of outbreak resulting from substance abuse.”
Forensic experts reported finding 25 injuries “compatible with those caused by falling from a height,” according to the autopsy report. They also noted that “craniocerebral lesions were adequate enough to cause death, while internal and external hemorrhages in the skull, thorax, abdomen and limbs, they contributed to the mechanism of death.”
Payne’s toxicology report has not been released at this time.
Frantic hotel staff called 911 before fatal fall
Hotel staff called 911 minutes before Payne fell from the hotel balcony. The “Teardrops” singer was allegedly “breaking the whole room” while intoxicated, according to a recording of the call, which was obtained by Reuters.
Liam Payne embarked on a solo musical journey in 2016. (Marc Piasecki/GC Images)
“We have a guest who is intoxicated by drugs and alcohol. And, well, he’s … when he’s conscious, he breaks, he’s breaking the whole room. And, well, we need you to send someone, please,” the 911 call from the CasaSur Palermo Hotel said.
“We need you to send someone urgently because, well, I don’t know if the guest’s life is at risk. He has a room with a balcony. And, well, we are a little afraid that he will do something that will put his life at risk.”
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Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, said on Argentina’s Todo Noticias TV that Payne fell into a courtyard at the CasaSur Hotel in Palermo and declined to provide further information about the incident, the outlet reported.
