Mandisa. Jason Davis/Getty Images for KLOVE New details about Mandisa ’s cause of death are being revealed. The Grammy winner and American Idol alum died of complications of class III obesity, according to an autopsy report obtained by People on Tuesday, June 4.
The report stated that the singer was found dead in her home by friends and that she “was last known alive approximately three weeks” earlier. Her manner of death is listed as natural. According to the Cleveland Clinic, class III obesity is described as “a complex chronic disease in which a person has a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or higher or a BMI of 35 or higher and is experiencing obesity-related health conditions.
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] On April 19, news of Mandisa’s death was first confirmed by local California Christian radio station K-Love. She was 47. “Mandisa loved Jesus, and she used her unusually extensive platform to talk about Him at every turn,” David Pierce , the Chief Media Officer for K-Love, said at the time.
“Her kindness was epic, her smile electric, her voice massive, but it was no match for the size of her heart.” Sla.
