{"id":4538,"date":"2021-09-17T11:49:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1354683"},"modified":"2021-09-17T12:15:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T10:15:25","slug":"freddie-combs-x-factor-singer-dies-from-kidney-failure-aged-49","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/freddie-combs-x-factor-singer-dies-from-kidney-failure-aged-49\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Combs, X Factor singer, dies from kidney failure aged 49"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The minister appeared on Simon Cowell&#8217;s reality show in 2012. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By David Craig\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 17 September 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>Singer and minister Freddie Combs has died aged 49 from a \u201cbrief illness\u201d, it was announced today.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s Wind Beneath My Wings.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, he had appeared on a TLC programme called Ton of Love, which followed him and his wife as they strived to get Combs\u2019 weight down to a healthy level.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ reports that the cause of death was kidney failure, with Combs suffering a number of health problems over the years.<\/p>\n<p><em>More to follow\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The minister appeared on Simon Cowell&#8217;s reality show in 2012. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4539,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/freddie-combs-x-factor-singer-dies-from-kidney-failure-aged-49.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/freddie-combs-x-factor-singer-dies-from-kidney-failure-aged-49-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/freddie-combs-x-factor-singer-dies-from-kidney-failure-aged-49-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/freddie-combs-x-factor-singer-dies-from-kidney-failure-aged-49.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/freddie-combs-x-factor-singer-dies-from-kidney-failure-aged-49.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/freddie-combs-x-factor-singer-dies-from-kidney-failure-aged-49.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/freddie-combs-x-factor-singer-dies-from-kidney-failure-aged-49.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The minister appeared on Simon Cowell's reality show in 2012.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/4538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}