Liam Payne was 'asked to leave' hotel in Buenos Aires days before death

The 31-year-old ITV The X Factor star, who was a dad-of-one who hailed from Wolverhampton, was asked to leave a Buenos Aires complex where he died in the run-up to his passing.

Liam Payne was asked to leave a hotel days before his tragic death. The 31-year-old ITV The X Factor star, who was a dad-of-one who hailed from Wolverhampton, was asked to leave a Buenos Aires complex where he died in the run-up to his passing.

Payne was in South America to support Niall Horan, his former One Direction bandmate, on his tour. One fan tells PEOPLE that Payne “was dancing, waving, and cheering" at Horan's October 2 concert, which came two weeks before he died.

A fan of the late singer named Noelia exclusively tells PEOPLE that leading up to Payne’s death, she had a few interactions with him while he was in Buenos Aires. “I ran into him by chance. I had found out on Twitter that he was here for Niall’s show,” she tells PEOPLE. “We took photos together. I waited for him to approach us, and we took pictures with all the fans,” Noelia says.

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She said: “He talked to us, hugged us, and even made jokes.” Noelia reveals that fans came to the hotel, and there he “took photos with everyone.” She went on to tell the US media publication: “Nothing strange or unusual about his behaviour."

However, she said he was “asked to leave the hotel because fans were constantly gathering at the door, bothering other guests.” The singer then stayed at an apartment, which Noelia says may have belonged to a friend. During his stay there, he would go out to dinner and “take pictures with fans waiting outside,” and “was always open to it, full of love.”

Simon Bennett, the councillor for Bushbury North, lived around the corner from Payne growing up and they went to the same secondary school, St Peter’s Collegiate academy, two year groups apart. “Thirty-one is no age to die. It’s just difficult to put into words,” he said. “There’ll be a lot of people in Wolverhampton who are upset, not just his friends and family, but fans, everyone. He’s a famous son of Wolverhampton, and it’s important we as a city remember him.”

The singer Beverly Knight, who also hails from the West Midlands city, said she felt “immense pride that a young lad from my town had become a worldwide star”, adding: “I was also concerned that the spotlight had become a little too bright for such a young life.”