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-----------------------------I am very touched and moved by all of this, it was so sudden. It made us all realize that life can be taken away from us any day and be short lived. However you Aaliyah lived a great life doing what you loved, surrounded by supportive people that loved you and wonderful loving fans. I am one of them. I appreciate and respect you and your music and always will. I have always aspired to be a singer and many more.... and as of today I seriously want to pursue my career dreams in entertainment ESP. in singing. It's all because of you and many others I've become so passionate about music and what I want to do with my life. If I live nothing but a short life, then I too want to accomplish as much as you have. God Bless you, your family, and other Friends lost.
Farah J. aka Star...One of your biggest fans. August 26, 2001 9pm---------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------Aaliyah Haughton January 16, 1979 - August 25, 2001 6:58pmAaliyah Killed in Plane CrashSinger at the Threshold of Promising CareerAug. 26 — The music world is mourning the loss of 22-year-old singer and actress Aaliyah, who died in a plane crash in the Bahamas Saturday night.Investigators waded through the debris today trying to determine why the plane that was carrying the singer and eight others crashed last night. Officials say it looks as if one of the plane's engines may have failed. The Cessna 402 crashed shortly after takeoff, just a few hundred feet from the runway in perfect weather, according to officials. The crash happened with little warning. Investigators say Aaliyah died instantly in the crash.There was only one survivor who was flown to Florida for treatment. The passenger was in critical condition.She Had A Very Promising Career AheadAaliyah was at what some would call, the threshold of a huge career.Not only was she embarking on a promising movie career, having already starred in Romeo Must Die, but her music was evolving from the punchy, pop-influenced Hip Hop and R&B sound of her first two albums to a more mature, introspective sound.Long before Brandy, Brittany, Christina et al there was this hugely talented, 15-year-old R&B chaunteuse from Detroit who mixed R&B and Hip Hop and caused quite a stir in the music world."She was one of those talents that you just wanted to see more of," said Rashod Ollison, a music critic for the Journal News of White Plains, NY.Aaliyah was born Aaliyah Haughton on January 16, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York. She and her family moved to Detroit when she was five years old. After singing in her church as a youngster, she began performing at the age of 11 with Gladys Knight, whose ex-husband Barry Hankerson, was her uncle, in Las Vegas.She is survived by her mother, father and brother."Aaliyah's family is devastated at the loss of their loving daughter and sister," said a statement from the singer's publicist, PMK. "Their hearts go out to those families who also lost their loved ones in this tragic accident."Her debut album Age Ain't Nothing But a Number, released when she was only 15, went gold. It was produced by R&B crooner R. Kelly and featured Hip Hop elite Timbaland and Missy Elliott.Her second album If Your Girl Only Knew went double platinum."[Aaliyah] was like one of my daughters, she was one of the sweetest girls in the world," said Grammy-winning producer, arranger and composer Quincy Jones told the Associated Press. "She vacationed with me and my family together in Fiji. I loved her and respected her and I am absolutely devastated."She was celebrating her third album, the self-titled Aaliyah released this summer. Her single Try Again earned her a Grammy nomination this year. She was also signed on to appear in two sequels to The Matrix.She was in the Bahamas shooting a video, according to the Bahama's Minister of Tourism Tommy Turnquest.The other passengers killed in the crash were Scott Gallin, 41; Keith Wallace, 49, of Los Angeles; Douglas Kratz, 28, a representative for Virgin Records and Eric Foreman, 29, both of Hollywood, California; Gina Smith, 29, of New Jersey; and Christopher Maldonado, 32, of New York.The plane's pilot, identified only as L. Marael, also died.The lone survivor of the crash, listed in critical condition at a hospital in Miami, was identified by police as Anthony Dodd, 34, of Los Angeles. He also along with the others later passed on.ABC Headline entertainment is where this article was found.------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------Friday August 31 8:15 PM ET Fans Bid Farewell to Aaliyah at Her NY Funeral Photos
By Franklin PaulNEW YORK (Reuters) - Weeping and applauding fans of soul singer Aaliyah marched on Friday alongside a horse-drawn carriage carrying the body of the young artist, who died last Saturday after her private plane crashed just after takeoff in the Bahamas.The procession kicked off a daylong tribute to the 22-year-old Grammy-nominated performer, which included a memorial event attended by more than 3,000 people at the restaurant Cipriani's 42nd Street, across from Grand Central Terminal.Wiping tears and cheering ....We love you, Aaliyah,'' her admirers walked several blocks from a Manhattan funeral home to St. Ignatius Loyola Church on Park Avenue, where they joined hundreds more fans crowded behind police barricades.Aaliyah's casket could be seen through the glass sides of the carriage, drawn by two white horses. Five limousines stuffed full of flower arrangements followed close behind.Inside, a litany of entertainment celebrities mourned her at an invitation-only service, including boxer Mike Tyson, rapper Lil' Kim, music mogul Sean Combs, producer Timothy ''Timbaland'' Mosley and rapper Jay-Z.Among others in attendance were television host Ananda Lewis, rapper Missy Elliott, and actor Delroy Lindo, who starred with Aaliyah in the 2000 film ....Romeo Must Die.''Following the service that lasted more than an hour, 22 white doves were released from the steps of the church into the sky, one for each year of the singer's life, organizers said.Aaliyah, whose full name was Aaliyah Haughton, and eight others were killed last Saturday when their twin-engined Cessna propeller plane crashed into swampy scrub and burst into flames shortly after taking off from Marsh Harbour airport in the Bahamas.The singer and other passengers were on their way back from Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas to Florida after filming a music video.Although investigators have not released formal findings, police have said they are trying to determine if overloading or engine failure played a role in the crash. Bahamian police have said the plane may have been overloaded by as much as 700 pounds (1,120 kg).Outside Aaliyah's funeral service, fan India Collins of Manhattan stood in tears, holding a poster reading ....Aaliyah, I love you.''....She was a beautiful person, inside and out,'' said Collins. ''I'm shocked and I'm angry. The question that passes through my mind is, 'why?'''FIRST HIT WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAlthough only 22, Aaliyah's had enjoyed already rung up a string of hits and was preparing to turn the volume up on her acting career.In 1994, at 15, she sold a million copies of her debut album ....Age Ain't Nothing But a Number'' in 1994, and was nominated for a Grammy award for the single ....Try Again,'' from the film ....Romeo Must Die,'' in which she had a starring role opposite Chinese martial arts legend Jet Li.She recently finished shooting Anne Rice's ....The Queen of the Damned,'' and was set to appear in a sequel to the cult film ''The Matrix.'' In July, her third solo album, ....Aaliyah,'' was released and has already sold almost 500,000 copies.Fans queued up outside Cipriani's, a cavernous catering hall that typically accommodates New York's upper crust, with flowers, stuffed animals and written messages of support for the singer's family. Inside, two 10-foot (3 meter) screens played her music videos, while fans filed along a single candlelit path, and put their names and thought in 10 register books.The attractive singer, whose singing style married breathy sensuality with complex, thumping Hip Hop tempos, won over fans by singing upbeat songs, and avoiding the kind of controversy that has tarnished the career of some of her young peers.....She was very respectful,'' said Jasmine Scott of Brooklyn, New York, who had just past through the memorial. ....She wasn't like most entertainers where she always talking about sex and money, she respected herself, she wasn't half naked, and she talked about positive things.....Her death hurts the heart,'' she said.Aaliyah was born in Brooklyn, but moved to Detroit when she was 5. She began performing at an early age and by the time she was 11 she was singing in Las Vegas with the legendary Gladys Knight troupe.Sales of her new album jumped 41 percent last week, according to Soundscan, which tracks record sales.A horse-drawn carriage carries R and B star Aaliyah's coffin from a funeral home to St. Ignatius Loyola Church for services in New York on August 31, 2001.Diane Haughton, the mother of R and B star Aaliyah, is embraced after funeral services for her daughter at from St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York on August 31, 2001.This spray painted memorial for the late R and B singer Aaliyah Haughton, photographed on August 29, 2001, appears on the side of a building on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York.Pall Bearers and mourners follow the horse drawn hearse carrying Aaliyah as it makes it's way down East 84th Street, on New York City's Upper East Side, Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, to Saint Ignatius Loyola Church on Park Avenue.R&B singer and actress Aaliyah poses for a photo in New York on May 9, 2001.A scholarship fund to help fine arts students has been formed in memory of the late pop star. The fund will help pay for the books and supplies of two students attending the Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts, from which Aaliyah graduated as well as send two graduates of the high school to college.Fans visit a memorial for R&B artist Aaliyah on Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, in New York. The memorial, which was set up for the day by her record label, served as a place for Aaliyah Dana Haughton's fans to pay tribute to her memory.Information and pictures found on Yahoo.------------------------------------------------------
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