

“My heartbeats stomped, the waterworks started flowing, and I never thought that would happen,” Victory recalls of the moment. At just 9 years old, Victory became the first performer to receive the judge’s group golden buzzer.

Victory helped put the family on the map with her history-making appearance on AGT. Not only do we get to parent these children, but to watch them just thrive.” “We have three boys that were born with spina bifida, who’ve gone on to play basketball and run and jump and just be as healthy as can be, and that’s been really miraculous in itself.

Our hearts are with Neal’s loved ones during this difficult time.”īoyd had been recovering from a serious car crash in 2017, which left him hospitalised for several weeks.“Thankfully, today, we can say all of them but one has completely overcome the medical needs that they were born with,” the mom said. A Republican, he attempted a move into politics, twice losing bids for the Missouri House of Representatives.Īmerica’s Got Talent posted a message of condolence to Instagram, saying: “We are very saddened to hear that one of our AGT family members, Neal E Boyd, has passed away.

He went on to release an album, My American Dream, and performed for Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George Bush Sr and Jr. After four more rounds, during which he performed songs including Unchained Melody and All By Myself, Boyd won the final, once again singing Nessun Dorma. He went on to study at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.Īuditioning for the third season of America’s Got Talent, he sang Puccini’s Nessun Dorma, impressing judges David Hasselhoff, Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne. Born in 1975 in Sikeston, Boyd was inspired to begin opera singing after he heard a recording of the Three Tenors.
