Liam Payne’s funeral to take place on Nov 20, British media reports

LONDON – The funeral of former One Direction star Liam Payne, who died in October in a fall from the balcony of his room at a Buenos Aires hotel, is expected to take place on on Nov 20, British media reported.

Payne, who shot to global fame with boy band One Direction, died at age 31, triggering tributes from fans around the world and raising questions about how he had fallen.

Three people have been charged

in relation to his death.

Payne’s body was handed over to his father earlier in November and flown back to his native England.

Several newspapers, including Daily Mail and Daily Mirror, said all four of Payne’s former One Direction bandmates, including Harry Styles, would attend the funeral to pay their respects.

According to media reports, the funeral will be a private ceremony for family and close friends.

A 911 call from a hotel employee on the day that Payne died warned that he had been acting aggressively and could have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

An autopsy revealed that the former boy band member had

traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant

in his system when he died. REUTERS