Just two weeks before her untimely death, was with her boyfriend, Roc-A-Fella Records mogul Damon Dash, in the East Hampton, Long Island home he shared with , dancing to 's Off The Wall album.
Amidst an outpouring of grief, a procession for the singer made its way through the streets of Manhattan on August 31, 2001, ending at St.
Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church.