The minister appeared on Simon Cowell’s reality show in 2012.
Singer and minister Freddie Combs has died aged 49 from a “brief illness”, it was announced today.
He rose to fame after his appearance on the second season of The X Factor USA, which aired in 2012, wowing the judges with an audition in which he sung Bette Midler’s Wind Beneath My Wings.
Previously, he had appeared on a TLC programme called Ton of Love, which followed him and his wife as they strived to get Combs’ weight down to a healthy level.
TMZ reports that the cause of death was kidney failure, with Combs suffering a number of health problems over the years.
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