NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - A private funeral for Aaliyah will be held tomorrow in Manhattan. Funeral arrangements for the twenty-two-year-old R&B singer and actress are being worked out by the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home in New York as well as her label, Virgin Records. A public memorial for fans will take place Friday as well, but the final details will not be announced until later tonight. Aaliyah (born Aaliyah Dana Haughton) was killed on Saturday when her privately chartered plane crashed in the Bahamas, where she had just finished filming a video for her song "Rock the Boat." The eight other people on the plane -- Douglas Kratz, twenty-eight, director of video production for Virgin; Eric Foreman, twenty-nine, makeup artist; Anthony Dodd, thirty-four, hairstylist; Keith Wallace, forty-nine, road manager; Gina Smith, twenty-nine, product manager; Scott Gallin, forty-one, bodyguard; Christopher Maldonado, thirty-two, video producer; and the pilot, Luis Antonio Morales Blanes, thirty -- were also killed, and their bodies will be returned to their various hometowns over the next two days. Investigators are trying to determine if engine problems, pilot error or excess baggage weight caused the crash.
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