Rihanna Pays Homage To Fan Who Died In Car Accident
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Jul. 19 2011, Published 8:30 a.m. ET
by RadarOnline.com Staff
Rihanna paid tribute to a 17-year-old fan named Karen who tragically died in a car accident, reportedly while listening to tunes from her favorite singer.
The 23-year-old Barbadian tweeted Wednesday: "One of my biggest RihannaNavy fans died today in a car accident!!! Gone but never EVER forgotten!!!! She was only 17 #DearKaren...Karen we miss u forever."
Karen and another fan named Anderson were in charge of administering a South American-based fan site for the Rude Boy beauty called rihannaspanish.com, along with a Twitter page of the same name.
According to a tweet from Anderson, "Karen's parents told me that she died listening to ‘The Last Song’ of Rated R."
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