The Jets heartthrob Eugene Hunt's cause of death revealed after collapsing in a Mormon church in Utah

Pop heartthrob Eugene Hunt died connected nan operating array aft doctors battled successful vain for hours to support him live during what were meant to beryllium exploratory bosom tests, DailyMail.com tin exclusively reveal.

The singer, famed arsenic a personnel of ’80s family set The Jets and later nan hitmaking duo Boys Club, went into infirmary successful Salt Lake City, Utah, successful a bid to diagnose cardiac problems that surfaced soon earlier his daze death.

These came to ray aft he fainted and deed his caput while moving successful nan room of his Mormon religion – and anxious woman of 35-years Michelle took him to nan ER.

Doctors suggested flame-haired Hunt, 57, person bosom tests but delayed them for a fewer days because of nan trauma to his head, according to nan Wolfgramm family who took him nether their helping and made him portion of The Jets.

‘He collapsed astatine religion astir apt owed to deficiency of oxygen and was passed retired for a while,’ bassist Haini Wolfgramm, told DailyMail.com. ‘He deed his caput truthful difficult Michelle took him to nan hospital.

 ‘He had a batch of swelling. Doctors waited a time to tally immoderate tests and bloodwork. These revealed location were things that needed thorough investigation pinch his heart, but they could not put him done that instantly because they wanted him to retrieve from his fall.

‘So he went successful days later and during that surgery, he didn’t make it. As a family we were and stay stunned. He was acold excessively young to die.’

Hunt – who took nan sanction Gene Wolfgram erstwhile he was successful The Jets – died successful April, but his decease has not antecedently been reported. 

Band leader LeRoy Wolfgramm said: ‘They put him nether and his woman was told it would beryllium a speedy check. But that turned into hours arsenic he ended up having a bosom onslaught connected nan table.

‘They tried for respective hours to support him live and they did everything possible. But it sewage to nan constituent of nary return and nan expert said that it’s useless.’

Hunt, calved successful Western Samoa, was 1 of 8 members of nan Tongan-American family group The Jets who had worldwide occurrence from 1985 to 1990. They had 5 apical 10 hits successful nan US Billboard Hot 100 chart, including their first, Curiosity.

He later formed Boys Club pinch Joe Pasquale. The brace aimed to beryllium nan US replacement to Wham! Although they had only 1 awesome hit, I Remember Holding You, which reached number 8 successful 1989.

Hunt, who successful later life dropped his adopted name, rejoined The Jets to grounds 4 tracks for a ‘best of’ medium successful 1990.

His decease stunned members of nan close-knit Wolfgramm family who are still grieving their loss. The Jets person a residency successful Las Vegas, which pays tribute to nan begetter of 4 each night.

‘I’m a bassist and for illustration to enactment successful nan inheritance but Eugene was a vocalist and he loved to beryllium retired front,’ said Haini, 56. ‘He commanded that stage, he had specified a beingness astir him, he was conscionable captivating.

‘And he was specified a witty person. If personification asked him thing he could travel up pinch terrific one-liners. He made group laugh.

‘He moreover made ray of nan bosom problem arsenic soon it was revealed. Me and 2 brothers, we each person a bosom condition. And Eugene called maine to opportunity he was joining our club.

‘That was really he always. I was champion man astatine his wedding and he was astatine mine. So we were very close. His decease is very difficult to take.

‘We person nan tribute to him successful our show, connected a video surface and we talk astir him to nan audience. In galore ways we can’t judge we’re doing that. He is missed truthful much.’

Hunt slowed his unrecorded performing aft Boys Club but was still progressive successful nan euphony business. ‘The biggest thing, arsenic Gene told maine galore times complete nan past 5 years, was his family and his religion and each of us. We could spot that successful his mundane life,’ he said.

LeRoy, 59, said: ‘He was adopted successful nan Tongan sense. I don’t judge location was ever a general take but he was truthful adjacent to our family increasing up that he became 1 of us.’

And he revealed: ‘I said to him conscionable 2 nights earlier he passed. We were moving connected immoderate euphony tracks that he needed maine for immoderate input.

‘He was owed to spell into nan studio. And past Michelle calls each of america and says, “hey, we request a dream for your brother, he’s not doing well”. That was conscionable earlier he went into hospital. It was truthful wholly unexpected.’

Hunt moved to Salt Lake City pinch parents Francis and Alofa Hunt erstwhile he was four.

LeRoy said nan vocalist was aged 10 erstwhile he first met him, conscionable arsenic his family’s set was opening to return style – and revealed what made nan biggest impact.

‘Gene was doing Elvis Presley impersonations astatine a religion function. He did Hound Dog and nan full routine, moreover had nan jumpsuit.

‘We were very impressed pinch this kid moving his butt astir connected shape and shaking for illustration Elvis. That’s really he ended up joining us.’

A glowing obituary written by his 2 families described Hunt arsenic ‘bigger than life itself’.

It went on: ‘With his milky achromatic tegument and flaming reddish hair, everyone knew… he was going to beryllium thing great.’

After moving to Salt Lake City ‘this is wherever his stardom began to bloom and he began singing pinch family bands astir nan city. He was nan youngest Elvis impersonator and he rocked it connected stage’. 

The obit revealed really Hunt met his early wife. ‘In 1988, he went to Hawaii for his brother’s wedding. He met a woman done a communal friend. He had seen this woman earlier connected a video for nan Polynesian Cultural Center while connected a circuit bus.

‘He made a remark that he was going to wed that girl. Well, who knew successful June 1990 that his remark would travel true. Typical Eugene put his mind to thing and ne'er stopped until he sewage it.’

Referring to his woman and children, nan obit continued: ‘With each nan fame and glory that he experience, his top joyousness and stardom came from his 4 small stars who called him daddy.'