'Idol' Winner David Cook Announces his Brother's Passing at 5K Race (VIDEO)

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:05:00 GMT

American Idol winner David Cook's brother Adam has lost his battle with cancer. Cook announced the sad news before the Race for Hope 5K in Washington, D.C. on Sunday. The event benefits brain cancer research.

"I actually lost my brother yesterday to a brain tumor," Cook said, fighting back tears, "and I couldn't imagine being anywhere else right now."

Despite the devastating news, Cook says he never considered pulling out of the event and wanted to participate in honor of his late brother. "My brother never wanted his illness to affect others," Cook wrote on his Celebrity MySpace page. "That was evident in the fact that he wanted his illness to have no part in my experience on Idol, a point he was quite adamant about. So, with that wish in mind, I ran and was involved with the event as an homage to him."

Adam Cook is survived by his wife and two children. This is surely an incredibly difficult time for all of them - especially the kids who are no doubt reeling from the loss of their father. Our thoughts go out to them.

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Fantasia On American Idol: Everyone Else Should Just Go Home

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:15:00 GMT

Fantasia Barrino, the winner of the third season of American Idol, performed on last night's show (check out the video below.) Did anyone else think that she just kicked everyone else's asses? Her performance was so high energy and infectious it made the three remaining contestants seem as if they've been asleep this entire season.

Barrino caused controversy during her AI run because as a single mother she had given birth, at the age of 17, to daughter Zion, now 6. In 2005 her memoir Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, that revealed that she was functionally illiterate, rose to the top of the New York Times bestseller list.

The current season of American Idol is down to the two finalists, David Cook and David Archuleta. I won't say who I'm pulling for, except it's not the one who looks like an elf and belongs on a Disney float singing show tunes.

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'Idol' Winner David Cook Announces his Brother's Passing at 5K Race (VIDEO)

Fantasia On American Idol: Everyone Else Should Just Go Home