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Dionne Warwick pays tribute to “special” mentor Lena Horne

Paras Griffin/Getty ImagesDionne Warwick is looking back at her successful career and can credit her success to mentor Lena Horne.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight alongside Horne’s granddaughter Jenny Lumet, the “Heartbreaker” singer reflected on the woman who helped shape her career.

“Lena Horne was one of my major mentors,” said Warwick, 80. “I called her Mama, she called me daughter. She was one of the many mentors that I had, but she was one of the very special ones to me. Because of the way she treated me.”

“The one thing I never forgot and never will forget, and have passed it on to my children and my grandchildren,

 

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