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| Neal E Boyd, opera singer who won America's Got Talent, dies aged 42 | Neal E Boyd, opera singer who won America's Got Talent, dies aged 42 |
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| Neal E Boyd, the opera singer who won America’s Got Talent in 2008, has died aged 42. | Neal E Boyd, the opera singer who won America’s Got Talent in 2008, has died aged 42. |
| He died at his mother’s home in Sikeston, Missouri, on Sunday night. A coroner ruled the cause of death was heart and kidney failure, compounded with liver disease. | He died at his mother’s home in Sikeston, Missouri, on Sunday night. A coroner ruled the cause of death was heart and kidney failure, compounded with liver disease. |
| Born in 1975 in Sikeston, Boyd was inspired to begin opera singing after he heard a recording of the Three Tenors. He went on to study at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. | Born in 1975 in Sikeston, Boyd was inspired to begin opera singing after he heard a recording of the Three Tenors. He went on to study at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. |
| Auditioning for the third season of America’s Got Talent, he sang Puccini’s Nessun Dorma, impressing judges David Hasselhoff, Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne. After four more rounds, during which he performed songs including Unchained Melody and All By Myself, Boyd won the final, once again singing Nessun Dorma. | Auditioning for the third season of America’s Got Talent, he sang Puccini’s Nessun Dorma, impressing judges David Hasselhoff, Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne. After four more rounds, during which he performed songs including Unchained Melody and All By Myself, Boyd won the final, once again singing Nessun Dorma. |
| He went on to release an album, My American Dream, and performed for Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George Bush Sr and Jr. A Republican, he attempted a move into politics, twice losing bids for the Missouri House of Representatives. | He went on to release an album, My American Dream, and performed for Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George Bush Sr and Jr. A Republican, he attempted a move into politics, twice losing bids for the Missouri House of Representatives. |
| America’s Got Talent posted a message of condolence to Instagram, saying: “We are very saddened to hear that one of our AGT family members, Neal E Boyd, has passed away. Our hearts are with Neal’s loved ones during this difficult time.” | America’s Got Talent posted a message of condolence to Instagram, saying: “We are very saddened to hear that one of our AGT family members, Neal E Boyd, has passed away. Our hearts are with Neal’s loved ones during this difficult time.” |
| Boyd had been recovering from a serious car crash in 2017, which left him hospitalised for several weeks. | Boyd had been recovering from a serious car crash in 2017, which left him hospitalised for several weeks. |
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