Quindon Tarver, who sang the solo on “Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good)” during the title characters’ wedding in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet and later appeared on American Idol, has died in a car crash. He was 38.
His uncle told the Dallas Morning Newsthat Tarver died April 1 in an accident on the President George Bush Turnpike.
Born on August 4, 1982 in Plano, Texas, Tarver started singing in church at age 4, appeared in the chorus in Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” video at 7 and was signed to Virgin Records at 12. Tarver was recording his first album when Luhrmann asked him to audition for Romeo + Juliet, the filmmaker’s postmodern 1996 take on the William Shakespeare classic.
The singer was part of the chorus in the wedding scene and delivered a haunting solo on “Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good),” a cover of Rozalla’s international dance hit. Luhrmann later sampled...
His uncle told the Dallas Morning Newsthat Tarver died April 1 in an accident on the President George Bush Turnpike.
Born on August 4, 1982 in Plano, Texas, Tarver started singing in church at age 4, appeared in the chorus in Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” video at 7 and was signed to Virgin Records at 12. Tarver was recording his first album when Luhrmann asked him to audition for Romeo + Juliet, the filmmaker’s postmodern 1996 take on the William Shakespeare classic.
The singer was part of the chorus in the wedding scene and delivered a haunting solo on “Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good),” a cover of Rozalla’s international dance hit. Luhrmann later sampled...
- 4/8/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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