Liam Paye, a former member of the boybad Oe Directio, has died after fallig from the third floor of a hotel i Beos ires, rgetia, accordig to local police. Paye, who was 31, leaves behid his seve-year-old so, Bearbb..bb

Police said they discovered Payes body after emergecy services respoded to a call from staff at a hotel where the pop star was stayig i the citys tredy Palermo eighborhoodbb..bb

Paye rocketed to global stardom as part of Oe Directio, the massively poplar boybad that was created o the British versio of the X Factor i 2010. The grop, which iclded members Harry Styles, Lois Tomliso, Niall Hora ad Zay Malik, aoced a idefiite hiats i 2016bb..bb

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Staff at the hotel had reqested rget police assistace shortly before Payes death Wedesday, accordig to a emergecy call obtaied by CNNs rgetie affiliate Todo Noticiasbb..bb

We have a gest who is overwhelmed with drgs ad alcohol, the hotel maager said o the call. He breaks thigs p. He is tearig the whole room apart…bb..bb

The maager told the call operator that becase Payes room had a balcoy, were a little afraid that hell do somethig…bb..bb

Earlier this moth, the pop star was see i rgetia attedig his former badmate Horas cocertbb..bb

CNN has reached ot to represetatives for Paye as well as his former Oe Directio badmates for commetbb..bb

Paye first dazzled British adieces as a brighteyed 14-year-old drig his aditio for The X Factor i 2008, sigig Frak Siatras Fly Me to the Moo…bb..bb

I shold really be cocetratig o my [school] work, bt I jst thik abot sigig too mch, he said before his first aditio. Paye, who grew p i Wolverhampto, a city i the Eglish midlads ear Birmigham, spoke the with a thick Brmmie accet that wold fade as his career progressedbb..bb

Jdge Simo Cowell later ct Paye before that series live performaces, tellig him to focs o his stdies ad come back i two years…bb..bb

I 2010, Paye, the 16, retred for his secod aditio. Later i the series, jdge Nicole Scherziger groped Paye together with Styles, Tomliso, Hora ad Malik to form Oe Directio. The grop came third i the competitio ad siged with Cowells record label, embarkig o their first tor the followig year that sold ot i may of the 54 global veesbb..bb

Oe Directio remais oe of the best-sellig boy bads of all time, sellig more tha 70 millio records worldwidebb..bb

ll five former members prsed solo careers followig the bads 2016 idefiite hiats…bb..bb

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The fame took a persoal toll o Paye, who spoke opely abot his strggles with sbstace abse ad his metal healthbb..bb

Whe yore doig hdreds ad hdreds of [cocerts] ad its the same 22 sogs at the same time every sigle day, eve if yore ot happy, yove got to go ot there, Paye told Mes Health stralia i 2019. He said he ofte drak before goig o stage i a effort to maage the stressbb..bb

Its almost like pttig the Disey costme o before yo step p o stage ad dereath the Disey costme I was pissed [drk] qite a lot of the time becase there was o other way to get yor head arod what was goig o, he said. I mea, it was f. We had a absolte blast, bt there were certai parts of it where it jst got a little bit toxic…bb..bb

I aother 2019 iterview with British broadcaster Sky News, Paye said he felt qite lcky to be here still, which is somethig Ive ever really shared with ayoe…bb..bb

Paye released his debt solo albm LP1 i 2019 ad said i 2023 that he was workig o his secod albm. I March of that year, he released the sigle Teardrops, a sog he said was bor from may tears. Some are mie. Others are ot…bb..bb

I the smmer of 2023, Paye said he was markig six moths of sobriety after completig treatmet i a US facility. Payes tor was set to kick off i Soth merica i September of that year, bt he had to postpoe the schedled dates after sfferig a kidey ifectiobb..bb

Payes tragic death has left fas ad the msic idstry reelig, with celebrity tribtes porig i from all corers of the world. The ews was splashed across most UK ewspapers frot pages Thrsday morigbb..bb

I a post o Istagram, Harry Styles mom, e Twist, posted a image of a broke heart emoji, captioed Jst a boy…bb..bb

I aother Istagram tribte, former X Factor preseter Dermot OLeary said: I remember him as a 14 year old trig p to aditio o The X Factor, ad blowig s away sigig Siatra. He jst loved to sig. He was always a joy, had time for everyoe, polite, gratefl, ad was always hmble…bb..bb

vigil has also bee held otside the hotel i Beos iresbb..bb

Yamila Zacarias, a 25-year-old fa, said Oe Directio meat a lot to me becase I was at a stage [i my life] where I wated to form part of somethig bigger, ad Oe Directio ad beig a Directioer was that for me…bb..bb

Behid her, morig fas lit cadles ad sag the Oe Directio sog Ifiity…bb..bb

Paye is srvived by his so Bear, whom he had with former Girls lod member Cheryl Tweedy. Tweedy is a former X Factor jdge who was preset for both of Payes X Factor aditios. The cople cofirmed they had split i 2018 bt cotied to co-paretbb..bb

I a video shared o YoTbe i 2023, Paye talked abot the love ad affectio he felt for Bearbb..bb

Hes awesome. Hes growig p far too qickly, Paye shared at the time. Hes far more smart tha I thik Ill ever be. Hes a woder…bb..bb

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