Alice Tan Ridley, a singer who shared her powerful voice in the New York metro before performing on “America's Got Talent” and the nomine for Oscars Gabourey Sidibe, died.
Ridley died on March 25 in New York, his family announced in a Billology published on the Sroniers funeral show website. A cause of death has not been revealed. She was 72 years old.
The ONCRology has described Ridley, known among relatives as “Tan”, as a “pillar of the New York song circuit”. The song was Ridley's “given by God” talent and she shared it throughout the city with performances in many metro stations, mainly in Herald Square, declared the Bill. She was also paid singer at the famous Harlem Cotton Club.
Ridley, a former teacher, was best known for her stay during the fifth season of “America's Got Talent”. While the Gabourey girl received a love of the reward season for her moving performance in “Precious”, Ridley appeared on “AGT” at 57 in pursuit of her own dreams. She seduced the public and judge Sharon Osbourne, Howie Mandel and Piers Morgan with her moving interpretation of “finally” by Etta James. The trio of judges has unanimously accepted to advance Ridley, and throughout the competition, it continued to present its vocal capacities by playing tubes by Creedence Clearwater Revival and Gladys Knight.
In Osbourne, Ridley was a “natural interpreter” with a “power in a voice”. Ridley's “America's Got Talent” trip ended in the semi-finals after interpreting his interpretation of “I have nothing” by Whitney Houston.
While “America's Got Talent” was the most popular platform for Ridley, it was not his only one. After his elimination “AGT”, Ridley continued to bring his music to various stages, including the New York Highline ballroom and the day space with an appearance in the Talk show of Harry Connick Jr. “Harry”.
“I love singing but, you know, I saw a need in metro stations because people are sometimes sad of their work, their day or their frowning 2017. “I like to transform this frowning into a smile.”
Singer Alice Tan Ridley, known for playing in the New York metro system, was semi-finalist of “America's Got Talent”.
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After “Agt”, Ridley also released his first album “Never Lost My Way” in 2016. Ridley was also a competitor of “Showtime at the Apollo”, appeared in the 2005 documentary “Rize” and the TV Talent program “30 Seconds to Fame”, according to The Obituary.
Ridley, born on December 21, 1952 in Lumpkin, Georgia, was the second youngest of the eight children of parents Melton Lee Ridley and Lessie B. Ridley. Her sister was activist Dorothy Pitman Hughes, who died in December 2022.
The singer graduated from Stewart County High School in 1969 and continued her studies, finally receiving her teaching license. She married Ibnou Sidibe in 1980 and they share two children: Gabourey and her son Ahmed Sidibe. The actor “Empire” said In 2017, his parents separated at the start of his childhood after he was revealed that his father had a second family. Despite this, the ex-spouses remained cordial, declared necrology.
In addition to his children, Ridley is survived by the James D. “Jimmy” brothers Ridley and Tommy Lee “Tom-Tom” Cherry; The sisters Julia Van Mater-Miller and Mildred Ridley Dent; Cooper and Maya grandchildren, and several other parents.
The family will organize a funeral service on Saturday in Georgia, followed by a burial near their place of birth.
