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Trivia
Birth name: Aaliyah Dana Haughton
Date of birth: 16 January 1979
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Date of death: 25 August 2001
Place of death: Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas. (air crash)
Nickname: Liyah, Li Li, Lee, BabyGirl Height: 5' 7½" (1.71 m)
Spouse: R. Kelly (30 August 1994 - 7 February 1995) (annulled)
Auditioned for a role on the television
sitcom "Family Matters" (1989).
Chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's
"21 Hottest Stars Under 21." [1999]
Aaliyah is Arabic for "highest, most
exalted one"
3 tattoos: her initial and a star on her
hand, a music symbol on her ankle and a dove on her lower back.
Voted First Place by the readers of Black
Men Magazine for "The 10 Sexiest Women of the Year." [2000]
Performed with Gladys Knight at age eleven
in Las Vegas.
Aaliyah's self-titled long awaited third
album is released. [July 17, 2001]
Got her dove tattoo as a tribute to her
grandmother.
Graduated from the Detroit High School of
the Performing Arts with a 4.0 GPA.
Got her big break on the television show
"Star Search" (1983).
Died in a plane crash on a return trip from
shooting a music video in the Bahamas. The crash, which happened in
Marsh Harbour, located on Abaco Island in the Bahamas, was determined to
have been caused by the plane being overloaded. [25 August 2001]
She got her middle name Dana from her
grandmother.
At the time of her death, Aaliyah and her
boyfriend, Roc-A-Fella co-CEO Damon Dash, had plans to wed.
Parents: Micheal and Diane Haughton.
Brother: Rashad Haughton (born 6 August 1977).
At the age of 5, she moved to Detroit,
Michigan, where she grew up.
At the time of her death, she was scheduled
to reloop her dialogue in Queen of the Damned (2002) and to film the
majority of her role for The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix
Revolutions (2003).
Posthumous single "More Than A
Woman" reaches #1 in the UK. [January 2002]
The first female artist to have a posthumous
number one single in the UK record charts. [January 2002]
In January 2002 she reached No. 1 in the UK
with her single "More Than A Woman". She was knocked off the
top spot a week later by another deceased artist - George Harrison.
At her funeral, 22 white doves were released
from the steps of the church. One dove for each year of her life.
Sister of Rashad Haughton
Auditioned for the Elton John Broadway show,
Aida.
Her uncle, Barry Hankerson, was formerly
married to singer Gladys Knight.
Her mother Diane was once a promising solo
singer but gave it up to raise her children Aaliyah and Rashad Haughton.
She had a close friendship with
producer/musical artist 'Missy
'Misdemeanor' Elliott' .
It was announced in November 2002 that good
friend 'Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott' is to produce a tribute album to
Aaliyah which will include stars finishing off songs Aaliyah was working
on before her death in August 2001. In the same month, it was announced
that a posthumous Aaliyah album will be released entitled 'I care 4 u'.
Was considered for the role of Alex in
Charlie's Angels (2000), but casting directors deemed her too young and
the part went to Lucy
Liu.
Was considered for the part of Maggie in Get
Over It (2001), but was already committed to Romeo Must Die (2000). Zoe
Saldana was eventually cast in the role.
Was the first choice to play Valerie in
Josie and the Pussycats (2001), but had already signed on for the lead
role in Queen of the Damned (2002). Rosario Dawson eventually got the
part.
Was almost the voice of Leah in Osmosis
Jones (2001), but could not accept due to schedule conflicts. The part
was eventually voiced by Brandy Norwood.
Her grandmother was Native American. |
