Zuri Craig, America’s Got Talent finalist, dead at 44

Zorey Craigknown for his time competing and reaching the finals in the tenth season of american talents, Die. He was 44 years old.

The singer died on Friday, according to an announcement made by his family Sunday on his ZoReMi Entertainment Instagram page, which includes a collection of photos from Craig’s life and career. The cause of death was not mentioned.

“We are deeply saddened We announce the passing of our beloved sonAnd they wrote, Brother and friend, Zuri Craig. “We thank you in advance for your prayers. Please respect our privacy during this unimaginable period of mourning.”

Competing with Jeffrey Lewis as half of the Craig Lewis Band, Craig reached the finals american talents Season 10 in 2015. After performing covers James Brown“This is a man’s world” and Mary J Blige“I’m going down”, they took fifth place.

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Craig previously worked with Tyler Perryappearing on screen in Madea’s Big Happy Family (2011) and christmas material (2011), in addition to providing vocals in the . format financially get a job (2013). He also created a web series titled Black Hollywood: Atlantafor him made a casting call last July.