Former 'American Idol' contestant CJ Harris' cause of death revealed - Fox News

"American Idol" alum C.J. Harris' origin of decease has been revealed. The 31-year-old died of a bosom attack, a spokesperson for the Walker County Coroner's Office confirmed to Fox News Digital connected Thursday.

Deputy coroner Danielle Calloway said that the vocalist died connected Sunday nighttime aft being rushed to the Walker Baptist Medical Center successful Jasper, Alabama.

Calloway told Fox News Digital that doctors performed CPR connected Harris astatine the hospital, but the efforts were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dormant owed to a bosom attack. 

Harris competed connected the 13th play of "American Idol" and finished successful sixth place. Caleb Johnson went connected to triumph the world TV contention series, which aired successful 2014.

"American Idol" alum C.J. Harris' origin of decease has been revealed. The 31-year-old died of a bosom attack, a spokesperson for the Walker County Coroner's Office confirmed to Fox News Digital connected Thursday. (FOX Image Collection via Getty Images / File)

CJ HARRIS, FORMER ‘AMERICAN IDOL’ CONTESTANT, DEAD AT 31

Following his "Idol" debut, Harris released his debut single, "In Love," successful 2019.

After quality of the musician's decease broke, the "American Idol" squad shared heartfelt condolences connected Twitter.

"C.J. Harris was an unthinkable talent, and the quality of his passing profoundly saddens us," they wrote. "He volition beryllium genuinely missed."

Sam Woolf, who came successful 5th spot connected the show, remembered competing with Harris arsenic helium paid tribute to the precocious singer.

"Cj was specified a genuine and loving person," helium wrote connected Instagram. "We became adjacent friends during the amusement and were roommates connected the tour."

He added, "I’m precise grateful to person gone done that unthinkable acquisition with him alongside Caleb and Alex. My thoughts spell retired to his family. Rest casual my dude."

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Alex Preston, who came successful 3rd place, shared a photograph with Harris, Woolf and Johnson lasting extracurricular by a circuit bus.

He wrote: "RIP CJ. I cant judge this, I woke up and thought it was a dream. I emotion you dude. I’ll ever retrieve the bully times we each had."

Johnson remembered being roommates with Harris during "Hollywood Week" and forming a brotherhood battalion with Preston and Woolf.

"So galore astonishing memories and experiences with you CJ! Life is truthful fragile! I americium truthful grateful that our lives got to transverse paths successful this lifetime," Johnson added. "You were a beautiful, benignant psyche that ever made the country brighter with your grin and laughter. Love you brother."

Jess Meuse, who finished successful 4th place, posted a photograph of herself with Harris connected Instagram, writing, "My bosom is dense to perceive of the passing of chap @americanidol and person @cjharrismusic."

She continued, "I’m wholly shocked. Your endowment and grin volition beryllium missed, and the satellite is decidedly a darker and eerily quieter spot without you successful it. I’ll miss your random telephone calls asking for beingness proposal and talking astir the euphony world."

"When you spell done thing similar Idol together, it brings everyone progressive unneurotic similar a big, weird, dysfunctional family. I’m grateful that our paths crossed and that I tin accidental you were (and ever volition be) a portion of mine."

"There are a batch of things I recognize I volition ne'er recognize — you leaving america truthful soon is 1 of those things. Rest easy, friend. See you connected the different side."

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Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this story.