'American Idol' Contestant Struck and Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver

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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Former "American Idol" contestant Alexis Cohen, whose profanity-laced rant on national television garnered her a bizarre sort of fame, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver early Saturday in Seaside Heights, N.J., according to the Ocean County (N.J.) prosecutor's office.

Cohen's death, by "chest and abdominal injuries, along with a closed head injury secondary to a motor vehicle collision," has been ruled a homicide, said Michael Mohel, deputy chief of the prosecutor's office.

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'American Idol' Contestant Struck and Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver

Cohen, 25, of Allentown, Pa., was found lying on or near the street about 4 a.m. by two passers-by who called 911...

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