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Prince protege Vanity dead at 57

By Karen Butler

FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Denise Katrina Matthews, the singer and actress known professionally as Vanity, died Monday at a hospital in Fremont, Calif. She was 57.

TMZ reported the former Vanity 6 lead vocalist, who also was a protégé of Prince, suffered failing kidneys and an abdominal illness in recent years after battling an addiction to drugs in the 1990s.

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Her film credits include The Last Dragon and Action Jackson.

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