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En Vogue's Dawn Robinson Thanks Fans For Supporting Her 'Van Life' Journey

Former En Vogue singer Dawn Robinson shocked fans when she revealed in a YouTube video that she's been living in her car for the last three years. The 58-year-old musician says she was forced into it after leaving Las Vegas, where she was living with her parents. She and her mother weren't getting along, and […]

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Sammy Davis, Jr.

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Smokey Robinson

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