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“Him, I know He does R and B and rap”

“He tops the charts in both,” Newman said

“You can’t turn on a radio without hearing some of his stuff,” I said

“Angela wrote a lot of his biggest hits, and she continued to write for hiers even after she married Ray and moved here”

“What is one of the world’s topin Hanuan?” I asked

Newht? But Ray and she ed hi for business He ice divorced and, according to the local gossip, had vowed never to ed”

“I remember this It was in all the tabloids in the superossip shows My stepmother loved those kinds of shows I was still trapped at hoe of the remote ‘Backwoods Millionaire Marries Supermodel’ Wasn’t that one of the headlines?”

“Yes The headlines called Ray a recluse, which he wasn’t from all accounts, but they painted him as backwoodsy and primitive as they could”

“Didn’t they use photos of hi trips?”

“Yeah, theyGrizzly Adams,” N

ewman said

“Do you kno she died?” I asked

“Don’t you? It made world headlines”

I shook my head

“‘Famous Model Mauled to Death by Leopard on African Safari with Her Family’ was one of the news stories,” he said