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America's Got Talent Contestant Is Dead At 34 After Successfully Going Through Season 21 Auditions

Jeff Williams
Jesse White Tumbling Team lined up on America's Got Talent Season 21.

The latest season of America’s Got Talent kicked off with a Golden Buzzer-filled premiere, and we’ve since seen sultry Mel B-swooning singers and an unexpectedly agile one-legged young man. Among the most impressive acts seen so far, from a physical perspective, came during the July 7 episode, when the Chicago-famous Jesse White Tumbling Team took the stage. The high-flying act wowed the judges enough to send the group to the live rounds, but one team member has tragically died before those rounds arrived.

34-year-old Jeff “Superman” Williams was a longtime member of Jesse White’s acrobatic squad, and started out as a teen member over 20 years ago. The new of his untimely death was shared on the official Jesse White Tumblers Instagram page, which stated:

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