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Beyoncé Knowles
Jonace Esquilona
Period 4
10/27/14
Mr. MacDonald
Beyoncé Knowles
A fearless and a multitalented icon. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter was a loving mother to her daughter Blue Ivy Carter and a wife to her husband American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur Jay-Z. Earlier this morning, a 911 call was made in her home in Manhattan, NY at 10:43am claiming that she stopped breathing. She then was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital and put into a medically induced coma after reportedly suffering cardiac arrest. That evening of May 18, 2064, she was pronounced dead at 1:27pm at the age of 84. The New York City medical examiner determined the cause of death was "anoxic encephalopathy due to hypoxic arrest" — brain damage due to lack of oxygen. Her funeral is scheduled to be on May 23, 2064. The location of the ceremony is still being discussed.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, daughter of Matthew Knowles and Tina Knowles and older sister of Solange Knowles, was born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, TX. Her singing talent was discovered when her dance instructor Darlette Johnson began humming a song and her finishing it, being able to hit the high-pitched notes. Beyoncé's interest in music and performing continued after winning a school talent show when she was 7 years old, singing HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon"John Lennon's "Imagine" that won over 15 and 16-year-olds in 1988.
At 8 years old, Beyoncé and her childhood friend Kelly Rowland met LaTavia Roberson and were placed into a group with three other girls as Girl's Tyme. In 1996, the girls began recording their debut album under an agreement with Sony Music. The group changed their name to Destiny's Child in 1996, based on a passage in the Book of Isaiah. In 1997, Destiny's Child released their self-titled debut album. In 1999, their multi-platinum second album The Writing's on the Wall was released. The group's first number-one single, "Jumpin' Jumpin'" and "Say My Name", became their

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