Liam Payne's family were so worried about him that they hid his car keys and 'begged' him not to drive, new reports suggest. The One Direction singer died falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina aged just 31.

Payne skyrocketed to fame after auditioning for the British show X factor in 2008, and returned in 2010 when he was recruited to be a member of the boy band One Direction. Created by Simon Cowell, the group consisted of Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik.

In the early days of One Direction's world-dominating stardom, Liam Payne, who died Wednesday at the age of 31, was known as the ringleader of the teenage quintet. As a teen, Zayn Malik was too shy to deliver the high notes he's known for today,