I'd heard of One Direction, but never of this young man, who was only 31 years old. He is said to have been drinking heavily, taking drugs and had only been in Buenos Aires to watch his former bandmate, Niall Horan, performing at a concert.
Whether you like it or not, when a celebrity dies, it's front page news. Make of that what you will.
Either way, it's tragic, because he was also father of a young child.
Former One direction singer Liam Payne dies in hotel balcony fall
The singer fell from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, local media are reporting.
www.bbc.com
