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Willie Spence was a singer who placed 2nd on American Idol in 2021. American Idol contestant Kya Monee’ came back to the audition room to honor her friend and former contestant Willie Spence in the reality singing show’s Season 21 premiere on Sunday.
Monee’ was paired up with Willie as duet partners during Hollywood week when they showed up together on the 19th Season of Idol in 2021. Willie was killed in an accident in Tennessee in last October.
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Willie Spence, a contestant who placed second on American Idol in 2021, died in a car accident on 11 October 2022 in Tennessee, according to many reports. Willie was just 23 when he died.
The news was reported by local outlet DouglasNow, and then a family source told TMZ that Willie hit a semi-truck parked on the side of the road when driving home to Atlanta from Tennessee.
Yes. Spence was the runner-up on the 19th season of American Idol. A preliminary accident report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol got by local Fox affiliate WFXL revealed Willie’s Jeep Cherokee crashed into the back of the truck in Jasper around 4 p.m. Willie was taken to the hospital, but he died of his injuries.
Willie died in a car accident on 11 October 2022. American Idol wrote in a statement, “We are devastated about the passing of our beloved American Idol family member, Willie Spence. He was a true talent who lit up every room he entered and will be deeply missed. We send our condolences to his loved ones.”
Willie Spence posted a video of himself singing in the car earlier and was in the midst of promoting a show the singer was set to play at the Trinity Baptist Church in London on 12th November.
Willie Spence is the 5th American Idol finalist to die after Michael Johns in 2014, Rickey Smith who died in 2016, Leah LaBelle in 2018, and then Nikki McKibbin in 2020.
Monee’ said, “He was actually supposed to be here with me today for my audition,” and added, “it’s just very hard to not have that support anymore but I know that he would want me to be here and keep pushing.”