Thursday, November 30, 2006
Monday, November 27, 2006
Aaliyah's family send message to fans
Here is the message from the Haughton family in full:
"We greatly appreciate everyone's love and well wishes over the past 5 years. You are constantly loving of Aaliyah; honoring her and the Haughton Family and we will never forget what you have done. Thou it has been five years, it really has not been that long as we are still reeling from the year of 2001. We all have come a very long way and we recognize that however, we have lost so much.
“Aaliyah is no longer with us on this earth but we have come far enough to understand that she is all around us and she is always here for us. On the 25th of every year, we donate money to a charity on behalf of the Aaliyah Memorial Fund.
Aaliyah is here, she is still here, giving, caring, loving. We will never be the same after August 25th 2001 but we know there is a place that we will all end up one day. A place where Aaliyah is waiting and all of us are going to make it there… we will all make it.
“We love everyone of you who and appreciate everyone who has done something in Aaliyah's name big or small. Whatever it is you all have done, it means the world to us. As long as every year, you remember Aaliyah and her friends on August 25th, we know in our hearts everything is going to be alright.
“All our love, from the bottom of our hearts, to the depths of our souls. Until again. With Aaliyah In our Hearts. The Haughton Family. P.S. Someday we will come and join you all in honoring and loving baby girl. In time..."
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Aaliyah's Undying fame. Its been 5 years.
"Her passing was probably the hardest out of all the people we lost in the hip-hop world," said Mister Cee, a deejay at Hot 97 (WQHT-FM), who is hosting an hour-long tribute to the angelic-faced singer during his "Throwback at Noon" show today.
"I just want listeners to know we haven't forgotten her. It's keeping her spirit alive," the deejay said.Aaliyah was only 22 when she and eight others were killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas, where she had been shooting a video.The twin-engine plane was overloaded by 700 pounds when it went up in flames. Investigators also found cocaine and alcohol in the pilot's system.While her untimely death was mourned as an easily preventable tragedy, her farewell was a carefully planned extravaganza.
The star-studded funeral - marked by dozens of pink roses, white doves and over a thousand guests - attracted the likes of Sean (Diddy) Combs, Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim.A glass-paneled hearse drawn by two horses carried her body, housed in a silver-plated coffin, from the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home on the upper East Side to services at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Park Ave.Shortly before her death, Aaliyah was nominated for a Grammy award for her song "Try Again." She also appeared in the film "Romeo Must Die" and was a niece of iconic soul singer Gladys Knight.
Photo Credit: http://www.aaliyah-haughton.de/