Barbra Streisand added, \"It’s difficult to conceive of a world without her.\"
And Sir Elton John also mourned, \"She sang and played magnificently, and we all wept. We were witnessing the greatest soul artist of all time. I adored her and worshipped her talent. God bless her.\"
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