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Brad Wheeler
Published on Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009 3:56PM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009 5:04PM EST
Mary J. Blige attends the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's 22nd anniversary celebration at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers on October 26, 2009 in New York City.
Stylistically, the swaggering R&B singer Blige is no clone of Franklin, but the two share a toughness and resiliency. “She's the reason why women want to sing,” Blige has said of Franklin. True that, true that.
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