Nolan Neal, a singer who competed on NBC’s “The Voice” and “America’s Got Talent,” has died at the age of 41.
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that Neal was found dead in his Nashville, Tennessee, apartment. No official cause of death has been given. Neal appeared on the 15th season of “America’s Got Talent,” auditioning with a song called “Lost” that he said was an original he wrote after getting clean. He made it to the quarterfinals of the NBC competition series and performed another original song, “Send Me a Butterfly.”As a contestant on the 10th season of “The Voice,” Nolan was chosen to join Adam Levine’s team and made it to the knockout rounds before he was eliminated.
"I joined the rock band Hinder, they were all about drinking and partying," Neal told the affiliate."This is not their fault. I had decided I wanted to drink like a normal person. I remember trying to be normal and fitting in. I remember going to a bar and ordering a drink. I tried to hide it. I remember pretending to be normal. I was just lying to myself telling myself that I could control it.”During his time on “The Voice,” Neal said he was still battling his addiction.