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The 31-year-old British musician was a vocalist for the U.K. pop band, along with Niall Horan, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. The band is on hiatus.

Liam Payne, a member of the British pop band One Direction, died Wednesday at age 31 after he fell from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina, local authorities said.

Sistema de Atencion Medica de Emergencia, the emergency health service, said in a statement to Telemundo, NBC News’ Spanish-language sister network, that Payne fell from the balcony in Palermo.

Police “were directed to the hotel by a 911 call reporting an aggressive man,” said the emergency services agency. It did not say whether drugs or alcohol were involved, just that the 911 call reported that could be the case.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

I first thought he might have criticized Putin but this just seems like a really tragic accident for real.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck TMZ for posting his dead body yesterday just to prove they were the ones "breaking the news". That shit was cached my news reader even after they removed it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago

The actual fuck? That's disgusting.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Oh man, that's terrible. I hope his band mates and his family are ok.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 15 hours ago

Had to scroll down much too far to find this simple human sentiment. I guess we can take solace in the fact that he lived a lot in his 31 years? Still. Too young.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

As someone with acrophobia, this justifies my fear of balconies and railings over 1 story tall. I don't understand humans' architectural obsession with giant voids and heights. I'm the kinda person who's asshole puckers up looking at a two story mall ceiling.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Humans tend to be pretty good at not falling. This is coming from someone who spent their teenage years and early 20s smoking on the roof. (European style appartment roofs that are closed to access and sloped without railings).

Though I was also a mountain climber so maybe I’ve been desensitised to heights ;).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 16 hours ago

Most railings I've seen really need to be higher. If the top isn't higher than your center of gravity, there's very little preventing you from going over.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

Movies make it look like you can shrug off a fall from a 1 story building and just keep running. But wow, is that not true. There are instances of people surviving a lot more, but 1-2 stories is enough to kill much of the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Actually, most falling deaths/injuries occur from, like, 6’ or lower. I’m sure a lot of that has to do with older people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

There's instances of people dying just tripping over something and landing wrong, we are not a sturdy species physically

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

People can get seriously hurt falling down a chair, or on their head from just standing upright.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's just my limit to where I start getting heebie jeebies. About 15-20 feet or so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

It’s a healthy reflex up to a point. Your body doesn’t want to fall. But if it’s causing you daily anxiety that’s going a little too far. Stress is not healthy either.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

all humans have an instinct to avoid falling off cliffs. even blind infants.

voids and heights are the ultimate physical luxury, and great for your mental health.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Went into rehab last year, my guess is a relapse. Bad for everyone involved.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 17 hours ago

According to reports from witnesses in the hotel room, he was trashing the place and displaying erratic behavior. Mental health and addiction are so fucking serious.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago

His Ex also recently issued a cease and desist with some evidence of abuse.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

I've been wanting to make this joke since I saw this headline posted on Lemmy yesterday and I cannot hold it back anymore. My apologies to everyone:

spoiler

I guess we finally found out which direction was the one: down.

Again, I'm so sorry.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 18 hours ago

The Payne is real

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Again, I'm so sorry.

Maybe he was a fan ofEnder's Game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Gravity only works in one direction

[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

👏 👏 👏

[–] [email protected] 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

All untimely deaths are sad and a loss of potential. I've never heard of this guy but I do know the band was famous for a while. Going on Spotify I didn't recognize any of the songs though. Either way, balconies are dangerous. If you are young and/or prone to shenanigans or leaning over railings please stay towards the bottom of the building. Don't let the good times get out of hand!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

You have to be on some pretty spectacular drugs to fall over the railings of a balcony. Millions of people all over the world manage to not do it by accident all of the time.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

There, the spectacular drug is a BAC of 1%.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

We just write them off when they board the Ryan air flight.