‘American Idol’ Contestant Nikki McKibbin Dies at 42

‘American Idol’ Contestant Nikki McKibbin Dies at 42
Nikki McKibbin celebrates during the final episode of Fox's television competition "American Idol," in Los Angeles, in this Sept. 4, 2002, file photo. Lucy Nicholson/AP Photo
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ARLINGTON, Texas—Nikki McKibbin, a singer from Texas best known for her third place finish in the first season of American Idol, has died. She was 42.

McKibbin’s husband, Craig Sadler, confirmed her death in a Facebook post, saying that she had died after suffering a brain aneurysm on Wednesday and was taken off life support early Sunday. Her husband did not say where she died.