{"id":871469,"date":"2026-08-25T23:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T23:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/871469\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T23:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T23:42:11","slug":"remembering-aaliyah-on-the-25th-anniversary-of-her-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/871469\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Aaliyah on the 25th Anniversary of Her Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaliyah
\n Remembering Late Singer On 25th Death Anniversary<\/p>\n

\n Published
\n August 25, 2026
\n 1:20 PM PDT\n <\/p>\n

It’s been a quarter century since Aaliyah<\/a>‘s tragic death … and even though she’s gone way too soon, the late legend’s legacy will live on forever.<\/p>\n

As you know, the singer died in a plane crash on August 25, 2001, after filming the music video for her single “Rock the Boat” in the Bahamas. Investigations showed the plane had been overloaded by 700 pounds.<\/p>\n

But Aaliyah’s life shouldn’t and couldn’t be defined by her death … instead, we’re remembering the iconic artist for her incredible artistry and influential style.<\/p>\n

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She was only 11 years old when she first started performing, hitting the Sin City stage alongside her aunt, Gladys Knight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aaliyah dropped her debut album — “Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number” — in 1994, when she was just 14. Her second album, “One in a Million,” went double platinum, and her third and final album, “Aaliyah,” scored her a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Album.<\/p>\n

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The multi-talented artist had also been breaking into acting … she’d scored several nominations for her role in “Queen of the Damned” and had been cast as Zee in “The Matrix” films before she died.<\/p>\n

The world lost Aaliyah 25 years ago … but she’ll never be forgotten.<\/p>\n

She was just 22.<\/p>\n

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