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IN MEMORIAM: ‘American Idol’ runner-up killed in car crash at 23

By Malik Brown | RollingOut.com

The singer was traveling back to Atlanta from Tennessee

Singer Willie Spence, who finished in second place on Season 19 of American Idol in 2021, died
in a car crash in Tennessee on Oct. 11. He was 23-years-old.

A family member said that Spence had a flat tire but allegedly got it fixed as he was coming
home to Atlanta from Tennessee. Willie crashed into a semi-truck that was parked on the side of
the road.

Willie posted a video of himself singing on the same day of the crash.

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