Mandisa, a Christian singer and former American Idol contestant, passed away at her Nashville home at age 47.Her death was confirmed on Friday morning, though the cause has not yet been made public.

In her 2022 memoir, Out of the Dark: My Journey Through the Shadows to Find God’s Joy, Mandisa shared her struggles with mental health.She wrote about battling depression and anxiety after the loss of a close friend to cancer, describing this period as her “deep dark” phase.