"America's Got Talent" alum Emily Gold — who competed alongside her Los Osos High School varsity dance team on season 19 of the show earlier this year — has died by suicide, the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department confirmed to E! News. She was 17.

Cheerleader Emily Gold, a participant on America’s Got Talent, died at the age of 17 on Friday, September 13. Emily appeared in Season 19 of the competition series but was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Emily Gold and the Los Osos High School dance team gave it their all on America’s Got Talent weeks before her tragic death. Fans were introduced to Gold and her teammates during the season 19 premiere, which aired in May, when they wowed the audience and judges with a routine to Usher ’s “OMG.”

Emily Gold, a teen dancer who was featured on the latest season of "America's Got Talent," has died. She was 17. A young woman was found dead on State Route 210 in Rancho Cucamonga, California, on Friday, Officer Rodrigo Jiménez of the California Highway Patrol confirmed to USA TODAY in a press release Monday.

Former America's Got Talent contestant Emily Gold has died by an apparent su*cide, as per the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department's statement to EW on the night of September 13. She was 17 at the time of her death. She was found dead under a bridge on the eastbound 210 Highway in Rancho Cucamonga.