Following the recent death of contestant Nolan Neal, judge Simon Cowell is grieving the loss of those gone too soon.«Unfortunately, it happens too much over the years,» Cowell told. «I was thinking about this the other day.
People [who] passed too soon. Every time it happens, because you've gotten to know them, it's horrible.» «At that moment, it's like, 'What can I say?'» Cowell added.
Neal isn’t the first contestant from the show with an untimely passing. Nightbirde, who was another golden buzzer from season 16, died in February following a battle with cancer. «The unfortunate thing is it's happened too many times and every time it happens, it's hard,” Cowell said.
On July 18, Neal was found dead in his apartment in Nashville, Tennessee, by his roommate. spoke to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, and were told that Neal was found dead at 8 p.m.
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