Spence was killed in a
car crash on
Interstate 24 near
Chattanooga, Tennessee on October 11, 2022, at 23 years old. His death was reported by the
Marion County Sheriff's Office. According to
WSB-TV in Atlanta, he was driving a
Jeep Cherokee and veered off I-24 at around 4:00PM ET. His vehicle struck a tractor-trailer which was parked on the
shoulder of the road. The truck driver was not injured. The official
Instagram account for
American Idol reposted a video of Spence's audition for the show as a tribute. Beckham and
Katharine McPhee, a contestant on the show's
fifth season who had performed with Spence on the program, posted tributes to Spence on Instagram. == References ==