Liam Payne “seemed fine” shortly before he passed away. The pop star died in Buenos Aires on Wednesday (16.10.24), aged 31, after falling from the balcony of his hotel room – but Jodie Richards, who taught Liam at her performing arts company Pink Productions, has revealed that he “looked happy” during a conversation earlier this week. Jodie – who spoke to Liam via a series of text messages – told Sky News: “I’m really close to Liam, we’ve been friends for years and he was away yesterday in Argentina and I think he just wanted to touch base and check I was okay, see how everyone was back at hom…