Haunting video of tragic cheerleader Emily Gold performing on America’s Got Talent
Poignant videos show cheerleader Emily Gold dancing her heart out on America’s Got Talent, just months before she tragically passed away.
The 17-year-old was filmed breakdancing with the rest of the Los Osos High School dance team during an energetic performance at the competition in late May, leaving the judges stunned.
Simon Cowell even called the team’s performance “absolutely brilliant”.
“I think I just saw everything an elementary school should do: encourage talent and friendship. It reminded me of when I used to watch the High School Musical movies and think, ‘Everyone should go to a school like that,’ because it’s fun,” he told the artists.
The team was expected to perform an impressive routine against Fergalicious in the quarterfinals last month, butOn Friday there was gold found dead under a bridge in a suspected suicide on the eastbound 210 Highway in Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Emily Gold, 17, tragically passed away on Friday – just a month after her dance team was eliminated from America’s Got Talent
The Los Osos High School dance team had an energetic audition for the show in late May
In one of her last Instagram posts, Gold wrote that performing on America’s Got Talent was “the most incredible experience.”
“I am so incredibly grateful for all the love and support!!,” she wrote, before thanking her high school dance team “for being the best family I could ever ask for.”
Gold was also a member of the varsity cheerleading team, school officials said Saturday when they announced the senior’s death.
“Please keep Emily and her loved ones and friends in your thoughts and prayers,” Los Osos High School Principal Eric Cypher said in a written statement.
California Highway Patrol officials said they received several calls Friday after passersby found gold on the road just east of Haven Avenue.
By the time officers arrived, she had been struck by multiple vehicles and at least one vehicle had driven off, a CHP spokesman said.
The performance blew the judges away, with Simon Cowell calling it ‘absolutely brilliant’
A online fundraising has now raised more than half of its $50,000 goal for her family, as the dancer’s distraught friends paid tribute to her.
“Sending lots of love, thoughts and prayers to your family,” Rhonda Donlin wrote on GoFundMe.
‘We remember all those long gymnastics days together, those trips to Vegas.
“She will be greatly missed,” Donlin continued.
“May she rest in peace and may you all find comfort in each other’s arms. We love you and are here for you.”
Others expressed their condolences via social media.
“Let everyone know that she is now at peace, even though there were many who loved and even looked up to Emily Gold,” Samantha Shaw wrote on Facebook.
Gold was a senior in high school who announced her death on Saturday
She was a member of both the school dance team and the school cheerleading team.
‘She will be remembered no matter what by her Grizzly friends and by those who loved her with all their heart and soul.
‘Emily Gold, thank you for everything you’ve done in this world. You’ve done more than enough. Claws up to you Emily. Claws up.’
Groupmate Mia Bustamante also said Emily would be “missed beyond words.”
“You brought me the most beautiful kind of love I could ever ask for. My best friend, my forever dancing sister,” she wrote on Instagram.
The San Bernardino coroner’s office now rules Gold’s death a suicide.