Comedian Kabir Singh has died, a member of the family confirmed to NBC News. He was 39.
He handed away in his sleep in his Bay Area residence in Pleasanton, California, based on his sister, Sonya Singh. Their mom was the one who discovered him Wednesday.
“My mother — she lives with him — tried to wake him up, and he did not get up,” Sonya Singh informed NBC News.
She mentioned the reason for dying just isn’t recognized presently, however that her brother had congenital coronary heart illness. Kabir Singh beforehand had two surgical procedures on account of his situation, based on his sister.
Kabir Singh was the youngest of three siblings. He would have turned 40 on Dec. 30, Sonya Singh mentioned.
“We had been planning his birthday,” she mentioned.
Singh is greatest recognized for competing on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” in 2021, the place he reached the semifinals earlier than getting eradicated. NBC is owned by NBCUniversal, the dad or mum firm of NBC News.
In his “AGT” audition, Singh carried out a fast set the place he joked about serial killer documentaries and remembering passwords. He obtained a “sure” from all 4 judges — Sofía Vergara, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Simon Cowell.
“I need to be the primary arise comic to win this, and I’d be the happiest man on the planet,” Singh mentioned forward of his audition.
In an announcement to NBC News on Friday, “AGT” known as Singh “a proficient comic” who introduced “his plain humor” to the stage.
“He introduced pleasure and laughter to so many and his unimaginable expertise will probably be missed,” the assertion learn.
The Portland, Oregon-born comic additionally appeared in Comedy Central’s “Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution,” and labored on the hit Fox sequence “Family Guy.”
“He was very nicely beloved within the comedy group,” Sonya Singh informed NBC News. “He helped lots of people and he put lots of people on stage and beloved working in that area.”
One of Singh’s last comedy performances was in early November, on the Deaf Puppy Comedy Club in Manteca, California.
The Manteca comedy membership commemorated Singh in a put up on Instagram following information of his passing, calling him “among the best.”
“He completely destroyed each time he carried out in Manteca,” the put up learn. “You lifted up the 209 comedy scene when there was none, and can at all times be our Champion.”