NY1 At 20: 2001 Report Looks At Singer Aaliyah's Death
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NY1 VIDEO: R&B lost one of its most promising artists on this day 11 years ago as Brooklyn-born Aaliyah, the 22-year-old singer, dancer and actress, was flying back from a video shoot in the Bahamas when her plane crashed, killing her and the eight others on board. NY1's Arthur Chi'en filed the following report on August 25, 2001.