American Idol viewers and gospel music followers alike are nonetheless grappling with singer Mandisa‘s tragic and unexpected dying.
As we reported practically two weeks in the past now, the 47-year-old gospel singer died out of the blue at her house in Tennessee. Her dying was abrupt and surprising, leaving the Grammy-winning artist’s household, family members, pals, and followers crushed with grief and disappointment. Now, her father is talking out about it. And he has a principle.
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Over the weekend, John Hundley and different family members held a celebration of dwell occasion to honor the previous American Idol contestant-turned-Christian music celebrity. In the course of the celebration, which occurred at Tennessee’s Brentwood Baptist Church, Hundley spoke candidly about what he thinks occurred to his beloved daughter. Per the Christian Publish, he advised mourners:
“Right here’s what I feel occurred. Mandisa fell down in her bed room. They discovered her on the ground. For those who look from the rear of her mattress, she was laying on the left aspect. It’s clear that’s the place she was laying, there was a few large rugs there and a few garments.”
He then went on to say that Mandisa’s telephone was apparently discovered on “the best aspect” of the mattress, and there “was no method” that she may have gotten round to the opposite finish of the mattress and known as paramedics for assist if she’d had some sort of medical emergency that incapacitated her. Most notably, Hundley additionally acknowledged his very candid and robust perception that his daughter did not do that to herself. He mentioned:
“She didn’t hurt herself. As she mentioned, Mandisa liked the Lord and the Lord liked Mandisa. So there’s one factor chances are you’ll not have recognized.”
He additionally talked about in passing that Mandisa had been “weak” on the time of her dying as a result of she was “making an attempt to recover from” a latest bout with COVID. All of the whereas, she had been “making an attempt to press by” to get again to full well being and get on along with her life. Lamenting how he final talked at size along with her again on Easter Sunday earlier in April, he concluded:
“We talked a lot on Easter morning, however I believed she was going to this convention, and so I had not known as her not too long ago, however I’ve talked to her so much. Could she relaxation in peace now.”
So, so unhappy.
The Franklin Police Division, which was initially tasked with investigating Mandisa’s premature dying, has corroborated at the very least a few of what her grieving father has mentioned — in that they don’t suspect something untoward to have occurred to the singing sensation. Per Us Weekly, the Franklin PD beforehand mentioned there’s “no indication” of “prison exercise” or every other “suspicious” causes associated to her demise. Past that, the official explanation for dying continues to be unconfirmed pending a conclusive investigation by the native medical expert.
We proceed to ship our condolences to Mandisa’s household, pals, and family members. Relaxation In Peace…
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