Just hours before his 31st birthday, Liam Payne sent his lover his last picture

Liam Payne, a former member of One Direction, passed away at the age of 31 in Buenos Aires after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony. Late last night, state police in Argentina verified the awful news. According to sources, the singer had fallen into the courtyard of the CasaSur Hotel, which is located in the Palermo neighbourhood of the capital city.

Later, in a statement from the city’s ambulance service provider Alberto Crescenti, it was disclosed that Payne had suffered “severe injuries which were incompatible with life” after falling about 40 meters (131 feet). According to Crescenti, “the alarm was raised at 5:04 p.m. local time saying a person was lying in an internal patio at Casa Sur.” “The man was pronounced deceased when an ambulance arrived at 5:11 p.m.

“We later learnt that he was a well-known vocalist. Sadly, the injuries he had sustained from the fall turned out to be fatal. There was no chance of saving his life. The singer and his girlfriend Kate Cassidy reportedly arrived in Argentina on September 30. Payne and Cassidy both attended a concert earlier this month in the nation by former bandmate Niall Horan.

Two days before her boyfriend’s death, on October 14, Cassidy reportedly left Argentina, according to TMZ. Liam subsequently checked into the CasaSur Palermo hotel. According to recent accounts, Payne had been acting strangely the day before he passed away. A fellow visitor had reported a “aggressive” person in the hotel lobby to 911.

More information about Payne’s final days is now emerging; according to Sky News, the 31-year-old was active on Snapchat just a few hours before his death was announced.

On October 16, Payne posted a picture to Snapchat with his girlfriend, according to E! News. In their bikinis, the couple was spotted posing for a mirror selfie. Liam grinned into the camera in the aforementioned photo, sporting a white baseball cap on backwards and a pair of black swim trunks. Kate wore black sunglasses, a braided visor, and a bikini. According to reports, the picture was uploaded to Snapchat on October 16, even though Kate had left Argentina two days earlier.

Liam’s battles with prescription medication and alcohol addiction have been widely publicised in the previous several years. In 2021, the singer disclosed that he had experienced “severe” suicidal thoughts during a One Direction tour.

The musician revealed on social media last year that he had finished a 100-day treatment at a Louisiana recovery centre. In a YouTube video, he said, “I kind of became somebody who I didn’t really recognise anymore. I just needed to take a little bit of time out for myself.” “And I’m positive that none of you did either.”

He said, “I think a lot of what I said just came from the wrong place.” “I chose to look outward instead of inward because I was so furious at what was happening around me.”

According to Alberto Crescenti, an autopsy will be performed and the authorities are looking into how he died. Payne rose to prominence at the age of 16 when he joined One Direction, the group that became well-known all over the world following their formation on The X Factor in 2010. After the band disbanded in 2015, its members went on to have varied degrees of success as solo performers.