‘America’s Got Talent’ Season 19 Contestant Dies: Los Osos High School Dancer & Cheerleader Was 17

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Emily Gold, a contestant on the current season of America’s Got Talent, has died. She was 17. The Los Osos High School student reached the quarter-finals of the NBC reality competition alongside her dance troupe earlier this year.

Gold was found dead under a bridge on the 210 freeway in Rancho Cucamonga on Friday, September 13. San Bernardino’s Coroners Office is treating Gold’s death as a suicide.

A GoFundMe was set up on behalf of the Gold’s family where it states, “With great sadness we share our Los Osos Grizzly Emily Gold has passed away.

As a community lets come together and support the Gold family in this difficult time. Please know this money will go directly to the family to support them and help with expenses.” “I’m sorry to share tragic news with you regarding a fellow Grizzly.