A Pop Star's Shocking Death & Tragic Final Days

FRIENDS AND FAMILY MOURN THE ONE DIRECTION SINGER AS AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE HIS SUDDEN DEATH AT AGE 31

- BRIANNE TRACY

In one of his final Snapchat videos on Oct. 16, Liam Payne painted an idyllic picture of his time vacationing in Buenos Aires while chatting about his plans for the day: brunch with his girlfriend, influencer Kate Cassidy, and polo at the ranch where they were staying. “It’s a lovely day here,” he said, panning to a scenic field view. “We’re enjoying ourselves.”

But the reality was much different: Payne and Cassidy, 25, had already left the ranch days earlier, and just hours after the former One Direction star’s post went live, Buenos Aires police revealed that the singer had died at 31 after he jumped from the balcony of his third-floor room at the CasaSur Pa lermo Hotel. Payne—who checked in solo to the hotel on Oct. 13 after Cassidy returned home to Florida—died from multiple injuries and “internal and external” hemorrhages after falling into a hotel courtyard.