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Grammy-winning American Idol star Mandisa dies aged 47

American Idol star and singer Mandisa Lynn Hundley has died at the age of 47.

The gospel artist, known mononymously as Mandisa, won a Grammy in the best contemporary Christian music album category for her 2013 record Overcomer.

She competed in 2006 on American Idol, when , and Randy Jackson were judges.

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