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- NAME: Aaliyah
- OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Singer
- BIRTH DATE: January 16, 1979
- DEATH DATE: August 25, 2001
- EDUCATION: Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
- PLACE OF DEATH: The Bahamas
- Full Name: Aaliyah Dana Haughton
Best Known For
Signed to a recording contract at the age of 12, Aaliyah became an overnight R&B sensation. At the height of her stardom, a fatal plane crash ended her life.
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Tragic Death
Tragically, Aaliyah was killed on August 25, 2001, when a small Cessna passenger plane carrying the singer and her video crew crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff from Abaco Island in the Bahamas, where they had just completed work on a video. The plane was headed for Miami, Florida. Aaliyah and seven other people, including the pilot, were believed to have died instantly,
while a ninth passenger died later at a Bahamian hospital. Aaliyah was 22 years old at the time of her death. She is survived by her parents, Diane and Michael Haughton, and an older brother, Rashaad.
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