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One Direction star Liam Payne fractured his skull and died instantly of “very serious injuries” when he suddenly plunged from his third-floor hotel balcony in Argentina, medical officials said Thursday as they revealed the singer’s cause of death.

First responders had rushed to the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires after receiving a an emergency call from the frantic manager late Wednesday but there was nothing they could do to save him, according to Buenos Aires emergency services chief, Alberto Crescenti.