Former Idle Idol Found Dead

Idle Idol Paula Goodspeed was found dead in her car near Paula Abdul's home on Tuesday, November 11. Reports indicate that Goodspeed died of a prescription drug overdose.

During her audition, Paula mentioned that she was a huge fan of Paula Abdul's. People.com reports that Goodspeed had changed her name from Sandra to Paula. Paula had drawn life-size pictures of Paula Abdul. Media outlets have been painting Goodspeed as a stalker, noting that Goodspeed had sent dozens and dozens of letters to Paula, shown up unexpectedly, and sent flowers to Abdul the week before under Abdul's boyfriend's name. Family members have insisted that she was just a big fan and not much more.

Idle Idols appreciates Paula's audition and wishes she had stuck around to share more of herself with the world. Our hearts and prayers go out to Paula's family.

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Paula Goodspeed

News flash: Paula Goodspeed was found dead on Tuesday, November 11, 2008. For more information, click here.

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Paula wore some interesting clothes. The reason is that everyone calls her a "fashion genius."

In addition to the eye-catching clothes, she also had some prominent braces with pink and green rubber bands that Simon just had to talk about. He said things like "You have so much metal in your mouth," "that's like a bridge," and "How did she get through the metal detector? It must have gone crazy!"

Paula is a huge Paula Abdul fan. Apparently, she likes to draw life-size pictures of Paula Abdul.

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