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You're a no good heartbreaker, you're a liar, and you're a cheat. I don't know why I let you do these things to me.

Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Franklin
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: March 25
Died: 2018
Died: August 16
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Memphis
Tennessee
Aretha Louise Franklin
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