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Former “American Idol” finalist CJ Harris has died at the age of 31

Singer CJ Harris, who made it to the Top 6 on “American Idol” season 13, died Sunday in an Alabama hospital.

The 31-year-old singer was taken to Jasper Hospital by ambulance, according to the Birmingham News, which said he was given CPR but still passed out. TMZ, citing an unnamed family member, said the cause was “an apparent heart attack.” Authorities are conducting new tests after an inconclusive autopsy, the Birmingham News said.

Harris announced on January 1st on social media that he will be releasing new music soon.

He auditioned for the season of “American Idol,” which premiered in January 2014, while aboard a Tuscaloosa tour bus before performing the Allman Brothers’ “Soulshine” in person for judges Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr. in Salt Lake. City, people noted. . He continued to perform after his season of “Idol” ended, including at the Grand Ole Opry with Darius Rucker.

He told The Hollywood Reporter in 2014 that his love of music was inspired by his mother, who sang for him on the phone while in prison, and his grandfather.

“Tears were streaming from my eyes,” she said of her mother’s singing. “When I was a little older, my grandfather gave me a guitar. He had one in the shed and it had three strings. He told me I didn’t have to buy a whole new set of strings. So I tuned it in such a way that when I weighed it, it sounded like it was in the key of everything. I find different sounds. I love music so I really try to find a sound that I really like and play it. I know it’s weird, but that’s what I do.”

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