Willie Spence, the American Idol runner-up in the 2021 Season 19 of the competition series, died Tuesday from injuries sustained in a car accident in Tennessee.
He was 23. His death was reported by the local news outlet DouglasNow.com, based in Spence’s hometown of Douglas, Georgia. Details on the accident were not immediately available, but according to TMZ, Spence was driving from Tennessee to his home in Atlanta when he collided with a parked truck.
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Willie Spence was not dating at the time he was alive. He was not also a married guy. Spence won over Idol judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie with his San Diego audition performance of Rihanna’s “Diamonds.” Richie said Spence was “so gifted, on the first note I had chills. Spence later released an EP titled The Voice and performed frequently. At the time of his death, he was scheduled to perform in London on Nov. 12.
