Matt Mauser’s emotional performance moved “America’s Got Talent” audiences to a standing ovation. Mauser is the widower of Christina Mauser, one of nine people killed in the 2020 helicopter crash in which Kobe Bryant died in February 2020.
As a tribute to his wife, Mauser sang the 1984 Phil Collins song, “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)”.
The 51-year-old singer shared his captivating story with the judges beforehand.
“I’m a singer and I’m here because my wife,” he began, cracking with emotion. “And we’re both teachers and we took a step back from teaching so I could do music full time, and she got the opportunity to coach women’s basketball with Kobe Bryant. But the January 26, 2020 I lost my wife in the same helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant.
Before January 26, Christina and I were living this kind of dream life. We met in 2004, she got me saw him play in this dive bar and asked him to come out and we sat in my car and talked about music.
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