'The Voice' contestant Anthony Riley dead at 28

[marylander1940]

Vivacious street performer Anthony Riley, a frontrunner on this most recent season of The Voice who inspired the fastest four-chair turnaround in the series’ history, has died at age 28 of an apparent suicide. The news first broke Friday evening via the fan site Rickey.org, after several of Riley’s friends expressed their grief on social media.

 

While representatives for The Voice have yet to comment on the tragedy, a man identifying himself as Riley’s best friend, fellow Philadelphia busker Robby Parsons, spoke exclusively to Yahoo Music’s Reality Rocks and confirmed the news.

 

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https://www.yahoo.com/music/the-voice-contestant-anthony-riley-dead-at-28-120870637326.html

[marylander1940]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9gAl7ir8qo

[loverboy95]

I didn't watch this season, but RIP.

[+ purplekow]

Some people are too fragile for success on a stage that big.