Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died at the age of 31, according to local reports.

Payne, who lived in Chalfont St Giles in Buckinghamshire, is reported to have died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, local officials said, according to the Associated Press.

Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, said on Argentina’s Todo Noticias TV channel that Payne fell into a courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the Palermo neighbourhood of Argentina’s capital, AP said.

The Night Changes singer had been in the country on holiday with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy. 

Earlier this month he was spotted at his former bandmate Niall Horan's concert along with his girlfriend.

Payne has shared a number of updates from his trip in Argentina and just hours  before his death, he uploaded a photograph to Snapchat of him and his partner smiling into the mirror.  

In an earlier post showed him enjoying lunch in his hotel room with him sharing an insight into their trip, saying the pair had been "waking up at 1pm every day".

While he also shared an image of his hotel along with the message: "Happy I got some time away."

According to reports, emergency services are believed to be present outside the hotel, where a red tent has been erected at the scene. Investigations into the singer's death are ongoing. 

Payne was part of the original line-up of the world-famous boy band, formed in 2010, alongside Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles.

Ron’s Gone Wrong world premiere – BFI London Film Festival 2021Liam Payne arrives for the world premiere of ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’, at the Royal Festival Hall in London during the BFI London Film Festival. Picture date: Saturday October 9, 2021.

After becoming one of the biggest pop groups in the world with five albums and four world tours, they went on indefinite hiatus in 2016.

Payne released his debut solo album LP1 in December 2019 which included the singles Polaroid and Familiar.

He and Girls Aloud singer Cheryl share a son Bear, born in 2017, having been in a high-profile relationship between 2016 and 2018.