August 28, 2001
On August 28, 2001, the Philadelphia Tribune mourned the death of Aaliyah. “Like Otis Redding and Tupac Shakur before her, success and death came early for R&B singer and actress Aaliyah,” Shonda McClain-Hill wrote in the Tribune. “A career that began at the age of 6 came to a tragic end Saturday, when the 22-year-old entertainer was killed, along with eight others, after a small plane crashed Saturday in the Bahamas.” The article noted that the Brave New World nightclub in Center City had a moment of silence for Aaliyah as soon as the deejay received the tragic news at 1:45 a.m. The Tribune's front page also included an article regarding the investigation of the plane crash.
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