• Name: Aaliyah
  
• Birth Name: Aaliyah Dana Haughton
  
• Height: 5' 7"
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: January 16, 1979
  
• Birth Place: Huntington, New York, USA
  
• Profession: Actress, singer
  
• Education: Detroit High School of the Performing Arts (graduated with a 4.0 GPA)
  
• Place of Death: Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas
  
• Death Date: August 25, 2001
  
• Death Cause: Plane crash
  
• Husband/Wife: R. Kelly (musician; married in 1994; that marrige was annulled due to Aaliyah's status as a minor, 15 years old and Kelly was mid 20s)
  
• Father: Michael Haughton
  
• Mother: Diane Haughton
  
• Brother: Rashad Haughton
  
• Uncle: Barry Hankerson (divorced)
  
• Aunt: Gladys Knight
  
• Claim to fame: Album: Age Ain't Nothing But A Number (1994)
  

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• "It is dark in my favorite dream. Someone is following me. I don't know why. I'm scared. Then suddenly I lift off, far away. How do I feel? As if I am swimming in the air, free, weightless. Nobody can reach me. Nobody can touch me. It's a wonderful feeling." (in an interview in July 2001 with Germany's "Die Zeit" newspaper that eerily predicts Aaliyah's death)
• "It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone."
• Her advice for aspiring artists: "Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!"
• "Everything is worth it. The hard work, the times when you're tired, the times where you're a bit sad... In the end, it's all worth it because it really makes me happy. There's nothing better than loving what you do."
• "If you put your mind to it you can be anything."
• "The one I gave my heart to is my favorite song."
• "Always be true to yourself."

• American Music Awards: Favorite Female Soul Artist (2002)
• American Music Awards: Best Soul Album (2002)
• MTV Video Music Awards: Best Female Video, Try Again (2000)
• MTV Video Music Awards: Best Video from a Film, Try Again (2000)
• Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards: Best R&B/Soul Single, Rock The Boat (2002)
• Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards: Best Solo award, Rock The Boat (2002)
• Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards: R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year, Rock The Boat (2002)

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