Opera singer Neal Boyd, who won Season 3 of America’s Got Talent, died Sunday of heart failure, kidney failure and liver disease, our sister site Variety reports.
Boyd briefly dabbled in politics, too: He ran for a seat in the Missouri House of Representatives twice, but was defeated both times.
He also sang Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
Boyd died at his mother’s house in his hometown of Sikeston, Mo.