{"id":539616,"date":"2023-01-16T19:13:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/american-idol-alum-c-j-harris-dead-at-31\/"},"modified":"2023-01-16T19:13:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:13:28","slug":"american-idol-alum-c-j-harris-dead-at-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/american-idol-alum-c-j-harris-dead-at-31\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;American Idol&#8217; Alum C.J. Harris Dead at 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ccbc59bd5f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ccbc59bd5f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/american-idol-alum-c-j-harris-dead-at-31\/#%E2%80%98American_Idol_Alum_CJ_Harris_Dead_at_31\" >&#8216;American Idol&#8217; Alum C.J. Harris Dead at 31<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98American_Idol_Alum_CJ_Harris_Dead_at_31\"><\/span>&#8216;American Idol&#8217; Alum C.J. Harris Dead at 31<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\" wp_automatic_readability=\"123.13502673797\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\n<em>American Idol <\/em>alum C.J. Harris, who placed sixth on the show&#8217;s 13th season in 2014, has died. He was 31.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-2\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\nA spokesperson for the Walker County Coroner confirms to PEOPLE that Harris died on Sunday after he was rushed to the Walker Baptist Medical Center in Jasper, Alabama. CPR efforts were unsuccessful.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-4\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/01\/16\/american-idol-contestant-cj-harris-dead-dies-singer\/?adid=social-twa\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">TMZ<\/a> was first to report the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-6\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\nJessica Meuse, who competed on season 13 of <em>Idol<\/em> alongside Harris, remembered the star in an Instagram tribute.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-8\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\n&#8220;Your talent and smile will be missed, and the world is definitely a darker and eerily quieter place without you in it,&#8221; she <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CneyDVWu_i6\/?hl=en\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">wrote<\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;ll miss your random phone calls asking for life advice and talking about the music world&#8230; There are a lot of things I realize I will never understand \u2014 you leaving us so soon is one of those things.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-10\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\nThe musician first auditioned for American Idol on a Tuscaloosa bus tour, then sang before judges Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr. in Salt Lake City.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-12-iframe\" class=\"mntl-sc-block-embed--iframe lazyload\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" title=\"\" data-expand=\"300\" data-src=\"\/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKf3_VDzrPf4&amp;id=mntl-sc-block_1-0-12-iframe&amp;options=e30%3D&amp;docId=7095547\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block-embed--youtube mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-embed mntl-sc-block-embed --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-14\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\nHis take on the Allman Brothers hit &#8220;Soulshine,&#8221; which he dedicated to his father, earned him three votes for Hollywood, and he later had memorable performances of hits like &#8220;Can&#8217;t You See&#8221; by The Marshall Tucker Band and &#8220;If It Hadn&#8217;t Been for Love&#8221; by The SteelDrivers.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-16\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\nAfter his time on the show, Harris performed with Darius Rucker at the Grand Ole Opry, and released the single &#8220;In Love&#8221; in 2019. He regularly shared videos of him singing and playing guitar on TikTok and Instagram, and in October, wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> that he was working on new music in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-18\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\nThe musician also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IdolCJHarris\/posts\/726993308891651?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZUKsENSl-U628q5Y08nzcd9qxHyf5PfUx1acQxW_hL_FfU_Oo3iCL06jwoZJm-VBBvGBscGaKOnNgNMeC0icCot43XKTtRAt4whO93TDrjuOL72iAIKHpHP-JvruDkaZesvv57Z9Prs28RS02Lad9P3GdQmpBIkCYzDSCLkVkPYBwVWcaJCwO0cTWqEjYf4HTk&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">said on Jan. 1<\/a> that he had &#8220;new music coming soon.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-20\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\nHarris \u2014 who was a father of two \u2014 told <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/american-idol-c-j-harris-689731\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> <\/em>in 2014 that he first auditioned for <em>Idol<\/em> in 2010 but didn&#8217;t make it past the first round, and also unsuccessfully tried out for <em>The X-Factor<\/em> and <em>The Voice<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-22\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\n&#8220;I was always on the internet, trying to find a break, looking for which producers I could send my stuff to. I searched for<em> American Idol <\/em>and I saw they were doing the bus tour and they were going to be 30 minutes down the road from me,&#8221; he recalled. &#8220;I said, &#8216;You know what? I&#8217;m going to give it another chance. I&#8217;ve gotten so much better, my voice has matured and my playing has gotten so much better.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp related-link mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-block --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-26\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp type--mouse mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Michael Becker\/FOX Image Collection via Getty<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><!-- end: comp type--mouse mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption --><\/figure>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image figure-landscape figure-high-res --><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-27\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\nThe musician also said that his love of music began as a child, when his mother would sing to him over the phone while she was in prison.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html --><br \/>\n<!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block --><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-29\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\n&#8220;Tears would just flow out of my eyes,&#8221; he said. &#8220;When I was a little older, my granddad gave me a guitar. He had one in the shed and it had three strings on it. He said I didn&#8217;t need to buy a whole new set of strings. So I would tune it in a way that when I strummed it, it sounded like it&#8217;s in a key of whatever. I find different sounds. I just love music so I really try to find a sound that I really like and just play it. I know that&#8217;s weird, but that&#8217;s what I do.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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