Following the unexpected death of Liam Payne, friends, fans and loved ones have taken to social media with an outpouring of emotional tributes. As reports broke that the One Direction alum died at age 31 on Wednesday when he fell from the balcony of his Buenos Aires,

The X Factor has paid tribute to One Direction member Liam Payne following his death yesterday (October 16). The 31 year-old died in a fall in a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Liam Payne initially appeared on 'The X Factor UK' in 2008 before One Direction was formed on the show in 2010