America's Got Talent contestant Alice Tan Ridley, the mother of Oscar-nominated Precious actress Gabourey Sidibe, is dead at 72. On March 25, 2025, the singer died in New York City, an obituary ...

When did Alice Tan Ridley on America’s Got Talent? Ridley was a contestant on Season 5 of America’s Got Talent and made it to the semifinals. Six years after competing on the show, Ridley ...

Tan was the winner on the first episode of 30 Seconds to Fame (2002); Won an Emmy for her part in Military Families (2007); America’s Got Talent top 12 contestants (season 5- 2010); Released her ...

Alice Tan Ridley, an America’s Got Talent contestant and the mother of Oscar-nominated actor Gabourey Sidibe, has died at 72. She passed on March 25, according to an obituary. Ridley was a ...

LOS ANGELES -- Alice Tan Ridley, a singer who shared her powerful vocals on the New York City subway before performing on "America's Got Talent" and ... Ridley was also a contestant on "Showtime ...

In 2010, Ridley was nationally recognized for her gift when she performed on America's Got Talent. “Alice is just brilliant,” judge Piers Morgan said after she sang "At Last." Howie Mandel ...

Alice Tan Ridley, the singer who appeared in the fifth season of America’s Got Talent in 2010, has passed away at the age of 72. People confirmed that the talented singer breathed her last on ...

Nicknamed Tan, Ridley was born the seventh of eight children to Melton Lee and Lessie B. Ridley in Georgia's Charles Junction, which is now called Lumpkin. In 1969, she graduated from Stewart ...

Ridley, who appeared on NBC's America’s Got Talent in 2010, passed away on March 25 in New York. Her death was confirmed by her family, including Precious star Gabourey, 41, in an obituary ...

In 2010, Ridley was nationally recognized for her gift when she performed on America's Got Talent. “Alice is just brilliant,” judge Piers Morgan said after she sang "At Last." Howie Mandel seemed ...

She was featured in a 2010 New York Post article, and that same year auditioned for NBC’s America’s Got Talent with a raise ... Three years later was a contestant on Showtime at the Apollo ...