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.

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,

Liam Payne did not commit suicide according to the prosecutor on the case. The former One Direction star died on Oct. 16 after falling from the third floor of his hotel room in Argentina. Prosecutors told TMZ that suicide has officially been ruled out as the cause of the 31-year-old’s plummet from his suite at the Casa Sur Palermo Hotel,

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.

Argentine prosecutors say that three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction, who died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires last month.

Since Payne's death, other artists have paid tribute to the late singer. Maggie Rogers also covered One Direction's "Night Changes" during her concert on Oct. 17, while Shawn Mendes dedicated his track "Heart of Gold" to Payne during his Oct. 18 show.

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.