Mandisa, the Christian singer known for her time on American Idol, passed away Thursday at her home in Nashville. She was 47. In her 2022 memoir Out of the Dark: My Journey Through the Shadows to Find God’s Joy, Mandisa shared her struggles with depression and anxiety, particularly after losing a close friend to cancer. She described this period as her “deep dark” phase, where she turned to food for comfort. In a 2017 interview, she reflected on the impact of her friend’s death, saying, “When she died, it shook me to my core.” The cause of her death has not been disclosed.

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