Jay Jay Phillips, a rock musician who competed on the reality competition show “America’s Got Talent” in 2009 and 2017, has died. He was 30.
Jay Phillips, a rock musician who competed on “America’s Got Talent” in 2009 and 2017, has died. He was 30. The big-haired musician died from COVID-19, which he was battling over Thanksgiving week. The Instagram account of Phillips’ band posted a tribute to the keyboardist earlier this week. A close friend of Phillips named Seph Lawless also confirmed the news to TheWrap in an email after deleting a Tweet that hailed the performer. “I deleted the tweet about Jay after some anti-vaxxers started commenting it, but yes unfortunately it’s true,” Lawless wrote. “His gf found him 5 days ago unresponsive in a fetal position died in his sleep. He was battling covid like so many quietly at home the only difference was his soul was larger than most and so we all knew he was struggling,” he continued. “His father was recently hospitalized for covid as well.
