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CG63
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LOS ANGELES - Ruth Brown's recordings of "Teardrops in My Eyes" and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" dominated the rhythm-and-blues charts in the 1950s and earned her the nickname "Miss Rhythm."

But her other nickname might as well be "Miss Survivor" for persevering through the highs and lows of a career spanning six decades.

Brown died Friday of complications from a stroke and heart attack at a Las Vegas-area hospital, said Lindajo Loftus, a publicist for the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, which Brown helped establish. She was 78.

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Mike Johnson
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Wow. RIP Ms. Brown.

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Shalewa
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Ruth Brown passed in November. http://deephousepage.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=33;t=022748

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CG63
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Originally posted by Shalewa:
Ruth Brown passed in November. http://deephousepage.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=33;t=022748

DAMN! what the hell is UP with MSNBC.com?!?!?

guess they're LATE! [pimpslap]

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