AMERICAN IDOL frontrunner KREE HARRISON endured a double dose of tragedy before soaring to the top of the heap on the hit FOX show.
When Kree was just 11 years old, her beloved father perished in a fiery plane crash. And just eight years later, her mom was killed in a car accident.
But somehow the heartbreak gave the 22-year-old singer the grit and determination to make a success of her life, her proud grandmother Beverly Mire told The ENQUIRER in an exclusive interview.
“Kree’s father Clint died in October 2001 while on an electrical contracting job overseas,” she said. “His plane hit bad weather and crashed into the Mediterranean. His body was never found. The only thing recovered was some clothing and the wing of the plane.
“The news hit Kree like a ton of bricks. She was daddy’s little girl and loved him more than anything.”