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Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.
Whitney Houston
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Whitney Houston
Age: 48 †
Born: 1963
Born: August 9
Died: 2012
Died: February 11
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