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In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too long. It was the black-consciousness period, and I felt really bad.
Whitney Houston
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Whitney Houston
Age: 48 †
Born: 1963
Born: August 9
Died: 2012
Died: February 11
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