A California school is in shock after the sudden death of a popular student just a month after her dance troupe wowed judges on Americas Got Talent.
Emily Gold, 17, was found dead under a bridge in an apparent suicide on the eastbound 210 Highway in Rancho Cucamonga just before midnight on Friday.
She had been part of the Los Osos High School dance group that reached the quarter finals of this years AGT with their high-energy routine.
A Gofundme appeal has already raised nearly half of its $50,000 target and devastated friends of the talented dancer have paid tribute on social media.
From the moment I saw her on the stage, I knew she had found her calling! wrote Janet Womack.
Time stopped when you watched her dance. She was in her element. It was like shed been doing it her whole life.
Emily Gold was found dead on the eastbound 210 Highway in Rancho Cucamonga on Friday night, weeks after competing on Americas Got Talent
devastated friends of the talented dancer have paid tribute on social media.
Let it be known that she now rests easy although there were many that loved Emily Gold and even looked up to her, wrote Samantha Shaw.
She will be remembered none the less by her fellow Grizzlies and by those who loved her with all their heart and soul.
Emily Gold, thank you for all that you have done in this world. You have done more than enough. Claws up to you Emily. Claws up.