<Tr> <Th> Labels </Th> <Td> Beverly Martel Music Maverick Records TRP records Downtown Records </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Associated acts </Th> <Td> Brooke White, The Rising </Td> </Tr> <P> Michael Johns (born Michael John Lee; 20 October 1978--1 August 2014) was an Australian singer who finished in eighth place on the seventh season of American Idol, in 2008 . In 2009, he released a music album, Hold Back My Heart, which sold 20,000 copies . Johns died on 1 August 2014, at the age of 35 of dilated cardiomyopathy . </P> <P> John Lee was born in Perth, Western Australia on 20 October 1978 . As a teenager, he appeared as The Coachman in Pinocchio at the Regal Theatre and was a choir singer in Anything Goes at His Majesty's Theatre . He attended Newman College in Perth . In 1997, John Lee moved to the United States on a tennis scholarship and majored in drama at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia, before dropping out after two quarters . He also briefly played Australian rules football for the United States Australian Football League (USAFL) club Atlanta Kookaburras from 2001 to 2002 . </P>

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