Remembering R&B singer Aaliyah on anniversary of her death

Born Aaliyah Haughton in Brooklyn on January 16, 1979, the famed R&B singer was killed with eight others in a plane crash in the Bahamas on August 25, 2001. She was 22. Aaliyah’s song “Try Again” earned her a Grammy nomination this year for her best female R&B vocalist. In 1996, she released her second album and the single “If Your Girl Only Knew” went double platinum.
File – The album cover of former rhythm-and-blues singer and actress Aaliyah is on d