X Factor Singer Simone Battle Dead by Suicide

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X Factor Singer Simone Battle Dead by Suicide

Another contestant from a singing competition show has killed themselves by suicide.  Simone Battle was found dead in her Los Angeles home on Friday.

CelebNMusic247.com has learned that the 25-year-old Simone Battle rose to fame on the US version of X Factor was found dead in her Los Angeles home by an apparent suicide. Law enforcement sources reveal that Simone was found hanging on a rod in the closet of her bedroom around 8:30 AM on Friday via TMZ.

Battle was a singer in the girl group “GRL” … which was the reboot of the Pussycat Dolls. She signed on with the group after her run on “X Factor” … where she was a finalist, making it into the top 17.

The L.A. County Cororner’s Office tells us Battle’s autopsy has not been completed yet … so, nothing has been ruled out as cause of death.

Simone’s father told us she was found in the bedroom of her apartment in a West Hollywood neighborhood. He described her home as a guest house of a larger residence.

Story developing …

RIP Simone.