Paula Abdul fan who was mocked in American Idol audition commits suicide

A obsessed fan of Paula Abdul who was mocked for her braces when she auditioned for American Idol has been found dead in an apparent suicide in a car near the home of the pop star and judge she adored. Paula Goodspeed, whose rendition of Proud Mary was strongly criticised by Simon Cowell and rejected by Ms Abdul and fellow judge Randy Jackson, appears to have committed suicide by overdose, police said. Her body was discovered on Tuesday night in a car with the personalised licence plate "ABL LV" in a Los Angeles Lakers frame, parked in a Los Angeles street not far from the home of the 80s pop singer, a former Lakers girl.

Some are speculating that future American Idols will be a gentler, kinder version.

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