Liam Payne Dead at 31

Liam Payne, one of the five members of the “The X Factor”-bred boy band One Direction, has died at the age of 31.

The singer died after falling three floors from a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to the Associated Press. Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, said that he fell into a courtyard at Casa Sur Hotel. It’s unclear if the fall was an accident, and authorities are investigating the circumstances of his death.

Born in Wolverhampton, England, Payne got his start in the music industry as a competitor on “The X Factor” in 2008, when he was cut from the show. He returned two years later and was put in a group alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik. They placed third on the show, and were subsequently signed to Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment.