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“America’s Got Talent” (AGT), the long-running summer talent show on NBC returns this season launching O.C. singer
Matt Mauser, lead vocalist from the popular beach band Tijuana Dogs, into the national spotlight.
Mauser lost his wife,
Christina, in the downing of the helicopter last year transporting Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and seven others to the Camarillo Airport, from where they would have traveled to Bryant’s sports complex in Thousand Oaks.
Both Matt and Christina were much loved friends of Kobe, brought together through mutual association via Newport’s Harbor Day School where Matt once taught. Christina was the glue. She adored the Bryant girls, coached them along with her own children while managing all of the administration supporting Matt’s dream pursuing a career in entertainment.