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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2022
Fans of The Voice and America's Got Talent are learning much astir contestant Nolan Neal's passing.
The Davidson County aesculapian examiner's bureau successful Tennessee confirmed to E! News connected Oct. 14 that the singer's origin of decease was "acute combined cause toxicity" and that the mode of decease was ruled an accident.
The update comes astir 3 months aft Nolan died connected July 18 astatine the property of 41. Police told TMZ that they were called aft Nolan's roommate recovered the musician's assemblage successful a bedroom.
Nolan archetypal appeared connected play 10 of The Voice successful 2016. Though helium didn't marque it past the unsighted auditions, helium didn't springiness up and returned for play 11 aboriginal that year. There, helium performed a rendition of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" that had each 4 coaches turning their chairs. He was portion of Adam Levine's squad and competed until being eliminated from the talent series successful the knockout rounds.
But this wasn't the past clip fans saw Nolan connected their TVs. In 2020, he appeared connected play 15 of America's Got Talent. During his audition, Nolan noted helium wanted to travel connected the amusement to stock the communicative of what helium went through, including his fathering dying by termination and his ain conflict with substance use.
"I went to Nashville, played connected the thoroughfare connected Broadway and ended up getting a grounds woody successful Los Angeles," helium said connected the episode. "I was like, 'This is it!' And I partied truly hard. Pretty soon, I started to go unmanageable due to the fact that I thought I was a stone star. I got to New York to grounds my record. And we were determination and I conscionable retrieve I couldn't sing due to the fact that I was truthful messed up. The statement decided to driblet me. And I went backmost to Nashville and I kept downward spiraling. That's erstwhile it got truthful atrocious that radical had to measurement in."
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For his audition, Nolan sang an archetypal opus titled "Lost," which helium said helium wrote aft completing treatment. In summation to receiving a lasting ovation from the audience, Nolan precocious to the adjacent circular and made it each the mode done to the quarterfinals.
"I'm gladsome to beryllium present contiguous sober, precise wide and focused," helium continued. "My dependable is health. I'm healthy."
Afterwards, Nolan continued to stock his sobriety travel with his fans. Last December, helium released "Shadow of the Man I Used to Be," which helium described arsenic an "original opus astir my caller relapse."
Following Nolan's death, those successful The Voice and America's Got Talent communities expressed their condolences, including Simon Cowell who is simply a justice connected the second show.
"Unfortunately, it happens excessively overmuch implicit the years," helium told People successful August. "I was reasoning astir this the different day. People [who] passed excessively soon. Every clip it happens, due to the fact that you've gotten to cognize them, it's horrible."
Before competing connected America's Got Talent and The Voice, Nolan was a touring member of the stone set Hinder. After his death, his daughter, Caylin Cate, paid tribute connected societal media.
"My dada didn't get his redemption story, but helium would've wanted everyone astir him to person theirs," Caylin wrote successful portion of a July 22 Facebook post. "Write the song. Record the music. Dream the dream. But don't fto your struggles clasp you backmost and instrumentality it each away. I'm thankful we person his euphony to retrieve him by, but I'm bittersweet I'll ne'er get to perceive different caller song."
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