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Grief and shock at Buenos Aires hotel where Liam Payne died: ‘I came to say goodbye’

One Direction fans flock to the site where their idol fell to his death on Wednesday as hotel guests express confusion

Photos purporting to show Payne’s room in disarray were published in local news, believed to have been taken by hotel employees, sparking a backlash over journalistic ethics. Born in Wolverhampton, England in 1993, Payne was just 16 when he became part of One Direction, a boyband formed on the British reality show The X Factor in 2010, along with Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik. Payne had previously opened up about struggles with his mental health, saying that during the height of the band’s fame he began using alcohol and an epilepsy drug as a mood stabiliser to counter the “erratic highs and lows” he was experiencing.

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