Liam Payne, one of the stars of the former boy band One Direction, has died at the age of 31.

Let's get straight to CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister.

Elizabeth, this is shocking news.

I'm sure his fans are devastated.

Tell us more.

This is shocking news.

We are just confirming with police in Buenos Aires that Liam Payne has died at the age of 31.

Police say in a statement that he fell from the third floor in a hotel.

I want to read you part of the statement that we have obtained from police in Argentina, Jake.

They say in the afternoon that police personnel were directed to the hotel after a 911 call where they were informed about a, quote, aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Those are all the details that we have now.

Obviously, this coming as a huge shock.

This is not somebody who was sick or who there were any concerns that fans were aware of.

As you hear from the police statement and from these limited details that we have, this obviously sounds like a horror that he fell from the third floor in a hotel when they found him.

As you said, Jake, millions of fans are going to be devastated about this news.

Liam Payne was one of the members of One Direction, which was founded after the boy banders met on the reality show The X Factor and went on to be one of the most successful boy bands of all time.

Liam Payne, along with Harry Styles, is, you know, of course, a name that everybody knows.

And this band has been broken up for quite a few years, but his millions and millions of fans around the world have remained.

What had he been doing, Liam Payne, in the years since One Direction broke up?

He launched a solo career.

Like many bands that end up going their separate ways, the individual members will have a solo career.

And in fact, Jake, he just launched his most recent single earlier this year.

A few weeks ago, he was also seen at a concert of one of the other former One Direction members supporting him at the show.

So he has been around, you know, he has continued to work as a musician since this band broke up.

And as I said, millions and millions of fans around the world, it is hard to state how big of a deal One Direction was.

And Liam Payne, I mean, 31 years old.

This is just a life loss, incredibly, too soon, Jake.

Elizabeth Wagmeister, thank you so much for that tragic news.