American Idol finalist Michael Johns died Friday from a blood clot in his ankle, according to his website and sundry reports.
The Australian-born singer, 35, had culminated eighth on Season 7 of the singing competition in 2008.
"It is with a heftily ponderous heart and inconsolable woebegoneness that we attest the passing of our friend Michael Johns," the administrator of his website Tweeted on Saturday.
Johns is the first American Idol finalist to pass away. Born Michael Lee, he came to the U.S. on a tennis scholarship in 1997 and peregrinate to Atlanta to pursue a music vocation afore auditioning for Idol, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
After his shock elimination from the exhibition, he indited musical compositions for films, documentaries and other artists. Johns relinquished a holiday musical composition called "Another Christmas" in 2008, with proceeds going towards the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease.
He relinquished an EP Love & Sex in 2012, and Tweeted on July 10 this year that he was headed back to the studio to work on an incipient musical composition, called "Reckless."
His death is being mourned by fans and American Idol alums, including Melinda Doolittle, who indited on Instagram, "I can't express how woeful I am right now. Michael Johns, rest in placidity, my friend. You will be greatly missed."
The Australian-born singer, 35, had culminated eighth on Season 7 of the singing competition in 2008.
"It is with a heftily ponderous heart and inconsolable woebegoneness that we attest the passing of our friend Michael Johns," the administrator of his website Tweeted on Saturday.
Johns is the first American Idol finalist to pass away. Born Michael Lee, he came to the U.S. on a tennis scholarship in 1997 and peregrinate to Atlanta to pursue a music vocation afore auditioning for Idol, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
After his shock elimination from the exhibition, he indited musical compositions for films, documentaries and other artists. Johns relinquished a holiday musical composition called "Another Christmas" in 2008, with proceeds going towards the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease.
He relinquished an EP Love & Sex in 2012, and Tweeted on July 10 this year that he was headed back to the studio to work on an incipient musical composition, called "Reckless."
His death is being mourned by fans and American Idol alums, including Melinda Doolittle, who indited on Instagram, "I can't express how woeful I am right now. Michael Johns, rest in placidity, my friend. You will be greatly missed."
