Too soon: Pop singer Simone Battle has died at the age of 25. Her death is still under investigation. Pictured above in New York on August 20 Pop singer Simone Battle died Friday morning, at her home in Los Angeles, MailOnline has confirmed. The 25-year-old G.R.L. group singer and former X Factor contestant was found dead around 8am, her father Anthony E Battle told MailOnline. 'She will be greatly missed and loved,' Mr Battle said. 'She was an exuberant person and a very loved person.' He says the death is still under investigation, but law enforcement sources told TMZ it was an apparent suicide.
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TMZ reports that the death is under investigation as a suicide
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Battle was found dead early Friday morning in Los Angeles, around 8am
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Battle was a member of the girl-group G.R.L. and once competed on the U.S. X Factor
Pictured above during her run on the @placeholder-version of X Factor in 2011