Singer/songwriter Joanne Borgella, who competed on the seventh season of American Idol and made it to the Top 12 of that season’s female finalists, died Saturday after a yearlong battle with endometrial cancer. She was 32.
Who is Joanne Borgella on American Idol?
She was the first winner of Mo’Nique’s Fat Chance pageant as Miss F.A.T. in 2005 and a top 24 contestant on the seventh season of American Idol in 2008. Borgella died October 18, 2014, due to a rare form of endometrial cancer.