Photos: Former X Factor Contestant Simone Battle Found Dead At 25

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Pop singer Simone Battle died Friday morning, at her home in Los Angeles. The 25-year-old G.R.L. group singer and former X Factor contestant was found dead around 8am on friday.

‘She will be greatly missed and loved,’ Mr Battle said. ‘She was an exuberant person and a very loved person.’

He says the death is still under investigation, but law enforcement sources told TMZ it was an apparent suicide. Today, Battle’s record company and management issued a joint statement on her passing.

Competitor: Simone Battle was found dead around 8am Friday morning in Los Angeles. Pictured above during her run on the American-version of X Factor in 2011 G.R.L. was organized as a reboot of the Pussycat Dolls, but the group eventually decided to go by a different name. From left: Lauren Bennett, Natasha Slayton, Simone Battle, Emmalyn Estrada and Paula von Oppen 

Battle, pictured center, was a member of the girl group G.R.L.

Family: Battle (center) pictured with her mother Donna Morgan (left) and father Anthony Battle (right) at Wango Tango is Los Angeles this past May

Simone & her parentsStar: Battle, pictured center, was a member of the girl group G.R.L. From left: Lauren Bennett, Natasha Slayton, Battle,   Emmalyn Estrada and Paula von Oppen at the Maxim Hot 100 event in California last June