According to TMZ, Kiker died from an opioid overdose. Citing the City and County of Denver Medical Examiner's Office, Kiker ...

Douglas Kiker, the "American Idol" contestant known as the "Singing Garbage Man," has died, his sisters announced this week.

Doug Kiker died March 10. Valerie Cook was informed by an investigator that he died of a drug-induced heart attack, with the ...

Doug Kiker, the Alabama native dubbed the "Singing Garbage Man" during his audition for season ... we have to announce the passing of my brother Douglas Kiker," Evans shared on Facebook.

During season 18 of “American Idol,” Doug Kiker became a fan favorite ... you’re a (heck) of a man.” The Alabama native, known as the singing garbage man, was given the ticket to Hollywood ...

He was known as “The Singing Garbage Man” on Season 18 of “American ... that we have to announce the passing of my brother, Douglas Kiker,” she wrote. “He was sooo loved and will be ...

(NEXSTAR) – Douglas Kiker, the garbage collector who ... to the piano to play while Kiker sang. That gave the garbage man another first: singing with a musical accompaniment.

American Idol alum Doug Kiker, who earned the nickname “The Singing Garbage Man” and brought Katy Perry to tears on the hit ...

Douglas Kiker you will forever be missed ... where he earned the nickname “The Singing Garbage Man” thanks to his day job as a sanitation worker. His audition moved then-judge Katy Perry ...