Dash met R&B singer Aaliyah in the summer of 2000 through his accountant in New York City and dated her until her death on August 25 , 2001 , in a plane crash in The Bahamas . Though they were not formally engaged , in interviews given after Aaliyah 's death , Dash stated that the couple had planned to marry
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Death of Aaliyah
Damon Dash