American Idol star CJ Harris' cause of death revealed as heart attack aged 31 - Daily Mail

American Idol star CJ Harris died from a bosom onslaught aged 31, a spokesperson for the Walker County Coroner told People connected Thursday.

The singer, who finished sixth connected the world amusement backmost successful 2014, died connected Sunday astatine the Walker Baptist Medical Center successful his hometown of Jasper, Alabama. 

He had been rushed to the exigency country by ambulance, but soon aft arriving the instrumentalist - whose afloat sanction is Curtis 'CJ' Harris - was pronounced dead, according to a Monday study from TMZ.  

A household subordinate spoke to the tract sharing the household was successful daze implicit his passing.

His roadworthy to Idol was bumpy.

Harris archetypal auditioned for The X-Factor and The Voice, but was not successful. That is erstwhile helium turned his attraction to American Idol wherever he made a large content during the 13th play which took spot successful 2014.

The judges astatine the clip with Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr and Keith Urban. 

He auditioned archetypal successful Tuscaloosa past successful Salt Lake City, Utah.

Harris impressed judges with his rendition of the Allman Brothers Band's classical deed tune Soulshine.

Judge Urban told CJ, 'You sing 'cause you person to sing, not 'cause you privation to sing. And, I mean that successful the deepest way. And, that's wherefore it's truthful believable and real.'

Then CJ sang Too Close, American Woman, and Free Fallin'.

He made it each the mode to sixth place. 

American Idol said successful a societal media statement: 'C.J. Harris was an unthinkable talent, and the quality of his passing profoundly saddens us. He volition beryllium genuinely missed.'

In 2014 helium told The Hollywood Reporter helium auditioned for American Idol connected a whim. 'I saw they were doing the autobus circuit and they were going to beryllium 30 minutes down the roadworthy from me,' helium began.

He past added, 'I said, "You cognize what? I'm going to springiness it different chance. I've gotten truthful overmuch better, my dependable has matured and my playing has gotten truthful overmuch better. I'm 23, earlier you cognize it I'll beryllium 33 and I privation to springiness it different chance,"' helium shared.

He recovered occurrence aft Idol arsenic well, performing astatine the Grand Ole Opry with Darius Rucker aft a determination to Nashville.

And helium was a portion of American Idol's play 13 tour.

Harris had shared that helium came from elemental beginnings.

At property eight, helium started learning however to play the guitar connected a breached 1 that his gramps gave him. It had lone 3 strings but was capable to get him hooked connected music. He besides sang successful the religion choir and learned however to play the piano.

Some of his influences were John Legend, John Mayer, and Keith Urban.   

Before American Idol helium recorded an medium titled Small Town Boy arsenic an autarkic musician. 

Jessica Meuse, who competed connected play 13 of Idol alongside Harris, shared a heartfelt tribute.

'Your endowment and grin volition beryllium missed, and the satellite is decidedly a darker and eerily quieter spot without you successful it,' she wrote. 'I'll miss your random telephone calls asking for beingness proposal and talking astir the euphony world... There are a batch of things I recognize I volition ne'er recognize — you leaving america truthful soon is 1 of those things.'