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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0120_beyonce_etta_BN-01\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/01/20/0120-beyonce-etta-bn-01.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beyonce Knowles&lt;/strong&gt; -- who played &lt;strong&gt;Etta James&lt;/strong&gt; in \"&lt;strong&gt;Cadillac Records&lt;/strong&gt;\" -- has released a statement on &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/20/etta-james-dead/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the singer's death&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ... praising James as \"one of the greatest vocalists of our time.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James infamously slammed Beyonce in 2009 after Knowles sang \"&lt;strong&gt;At Last&lt;/strong&gt;\" at Obama's inauguration .. when Etta said, \"That woman he had singing for him, singing my song ... she's going to get her ass whipped.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/T-pzlZPRvx8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Beyonce was gracious ... adding in today's statement, \"I am so fortunate to have met such a queen. Her musical contributions will last a lifetime.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She continued, \"Playing Etta James taught me so much about myself, and singing her music inspired me to be a stronger artist.&amp;#160; When she effortlessly opened her mouth, you could hear her pain and triumph. Her deeply emotional way of delivering a song told her story with no filter. She was fearless, and had guts. She will be missed.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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