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"Alicia Keys has written a tribute to the late Lena Horne, saying that she paved the way for other black artists to gain international success. Keys&amp;#039;s essay, which features in Entertainment Weekly, admits that she is only a recent fan of Horne, who passed away last week. She writes: &amp;quot;I just got enraptured with her life and world. I&amp;#039;ve never been able to ask her directly, but I&amp;#039;ve read that she was very insecure about her voice. She didn&amp;#039;t feel that she had a beautiful voice.  &amp;quot;I feel totally differently: she had a very special and unique voice and style and quality. I hear a lot of sadness in her voice. I just love that melancholy tone that she has.&amp;quot; The R&amp;amp;B singer also said that she admires what Horne did as an African-American woman during a time when &amp;quot;the options for black women were very limited.&amp;quot; She adds: &amp;quot;Lena Horne opened doors for all of us. That&amp;#039;s a major legacy she&amp;#039;s leaving behind.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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