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 "She would already be gone, but she's an organ donor and has been kept on life support to make that possible. That shouldn't be a surprise to us. Even at the end she is still giving," Sadler said. 

Nikki McKibbin, a singer from Texas best known for her third place finish in the first season of American Idol, has died. She was 42. McKibbin's husband, Craig Sadler, confirmed her death in a Facebook post, saying that she had died after suffering a brain aneurysm on Wednesday and was taken off life support early Sunday. Her husband did not say where she died. McKibbin's son, Tristen Langley, told The New York Times that his mother died in Arlington, Texas.

"She was so loved that I know thousands of you will be grieving with us," Sadler said. "She loved so many of you and I know you loved her too." McKibbin appeared on American Idol in 2002, when the show started and became an instant hit.

 "She would already be gone, but she's an organ donor and has been kept on life support to make that possible. That shouldn't be a surprise to us. Even at the end she is still giving," Sadler said.