Friends and collaborators have expressed shock and sadness over the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who has died in Buenos Aires, Argentina at age 31.

Liam Payne's family said they're heartbroken after the musician fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Payne, who belonged to the wildly successful band One Direction before its members split up to pursue solo careers in 2016, was 31.

Liam Payne, who rose to fame as part of the British boy band One Direction, is dead at 31. Payne died outside a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, local police confirmed Wednesday. Earlier Wednesday,