The world is preparing to bid farewell as the funeral for the beloved One Direction star Liam Payne is announced to take place shortly. The 31-year-old singer's life was cut tragically short last month in Argentina after a distressing fall from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires resulted in fatal injuries.

Paiz, who is suspected of being Payne’s “dealer” in an ongoing probe by local authorities, claimed he met the “Strip That Down” singer, 31, in his hotel twice before he fell to his death from the third-floor balcony of his hotel room on 16 October.

Three weeks after One Direction singer Liam Payne fell to his death at a Buenos Aires hotel last month, officials in Argentina have charged three individuals in the case. “Illicit conduct was discovered from which three people were charged with the crimes of abandonment of a person followed by death,

Three people have been charged in relation to One Direction singer Liam Payne's death in a fall from his Buenos Aires hotel balcony last month, Argentine authorities said on Thursday.

The events surrounding the sudden death of former One Direction star Liam Payne included striking up a friendship with an Argentinian waiter, the Daily Mail reports. A month after Payne’s death following a fall from his hotel room balcony on October 16,

CCTV footage of Liam Payne’s final moments has surfaced online, which shows the singer chatting with a hotel staff member, who was later arrested for supplying drugs.