Liam Payne's Death: What We Know About the Singer's Final Hours

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after the sudden and tragic news of on October 16. The 31-year-old singer, who shot to superstardom in 2010 as a member of global boy band sensation , fell to his death from a third story hotel balcony, according to multiple reports.In the hours since his death, more details have begun to emerge surrounding the incident.

Here's what we know about Liam Payne's death. Warning: Some details may be trigging to readers.Payne and his girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, had been vacationing in Argentina since at least October 2, when Payne attended his former bandmate Niall Horan's concert at the Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires.However, Cassidy returned home to Miami a few days before his death.

She has not yet publicly addressed his passing, though in a , she said was “so ready to leave" the country after they had extended their trip.Liam Payne and Kate Cassidy in 2022.“Honestly, love South America, but I hate staying in one place for too long,” she said, per E!

News. "And we were supposed to be there for, like, five days, turned into two weeks…I was just like, ‘I need to go home.’"Payne had been staying at the CasaSur Palmero Hotel in Buenos Aires for “two or three days” before his death, according to a of the 911 call placed by staff.The shared a translated transcript of a 911 call placed by the hotel's chief receptionist, who asked for assistance with a guest who seemed to be high on drugs or alcohol and was “trashing the room.” Payne's name was not used during the call.“We need you to send someone urgently because, well, I don’t know whether his life may be in danger, the guest’s life,” the receptionist added.