The 30-year-old musician’s family confirmed the news toTMZ.
They claim he fell victim to complications related to COVID-19.
His mom and girlfriend found him dead in his home Thanksgiving Day.
Phillips is said to have not been vaccinated.
However, a family member told the publication that he had recently voiced interest ingetting a shot.
His father, with whom he lived, is also ill, reportedly hospitalized and on a ventilator.
Mettal Maffia, Phillips' band, paid tribute to him on social media earlier this week.
“We miss you brother, every second of every minute, of every day.
Thank you for teaching us all to laugh a little more.
Rock in Paradise” (viaInstagram).
The Cleveland, Ohio native was featured in local press ahead of his 2017 showing (viaCleveland).
The musician gushed about his band Mettal Maffia in his last post onInstagram, dated October 13.
“I’m 50 million times more excited about this than the whole AGT thing,” he wrote.
We wish his family, friends, and bandmates well.
May he rest in peace.
