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• “We are heartbroken, but want to thank each and every one of you for the affection you have for our Mother, and to tell you that she loved all of you so much!,” the children of the singer born Melania Safka wrote in a statement..
• “She was one of the most talented, strong and passionate women of the era and every word she wrote, every note she sang reflected that,” the statement continued..
• Less than a year after the Queens-born artist released her 1968 debut album Born to Be with Buddah Records, Melanie found herself onstage in front of hundreds of thousands of people at Woodstock..
• She had also recorded a rendition of Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt” for a planned compilation of covers Second Hand Smoke, which would have marked her 32nd studio album..
• They Won't Get One David Lee Roth Fires Shots at Wolfgang Van Halen: 'This F-ckin' Kid' ‘Masters of the Air’: Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan’s WWII Misfire In early January, per her label, Melanie recorded a cover of Morrissey’s “Ouija Board Ouija Board” for an upcoming tribute album..
• “Ravi Shankar had just finished up his performance, and the announcer said that if you lit candles, it would help to keep the rain away..