The world has lost a rising talent.
Thomas WellsThe winner of the competition was The X Factor among other reality shows, died on November 13, his wife Jessica WellsPosted on Facebook. He was 46.
“I feel like it’s not real but I know it is,” she shared in a heart-wrenching videotaped at his gravesite. “He was my best friend.”
Jessica who spoke to TMZThomas was killed in an accident at the Oklahoma tire plant where he worked. Reports the outlet that Thomas died after his body was caught in an automated conveyer belt while he was working. He was then rushed to a nearby emergency room before being flown to Tyler, Texas.
“He was deteriorating really fast,”In the Facebook video, she spoke. “The lack of oxygen in his brain was causing his body to shut down and his organs and everything was just not working right. And there was something wrong with his stomach and and it kind of had this smell. It’s hard to explain. It wasn’t like overwhelming, but you could tell something was happening. His blood pressure was dropping really fast.”
