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"Miranda Lambert has had a rough start to 2012.\r\nAfter mourning the loss of her best friend, who was killed in a tragic car crash, and father-in-law, Dick Shelton, the country darling had more sad news to contend with Friday: The death of her beloved pet pooch, Dixie.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;My dog died Thursday. My parents just told me,&amp;quot; she tweeted Friday. &amp;quot;Headed now to bury my friend of 20 years.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThanking fans for their support and words of encouragement, Lambert added a heartfelt follow-up tweet.\r\n&amp;quot;I hope what they say is right: &amp;apos;What doesn&amp;apos;t kill you makes you stronger,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; she wrote.\r\n\r\nLambert, 28, and her husband, Blake Shelton, are expected to travel to Indianapolis, Ind. to sing &amp;quot;America the Beautiful&amp;quot; before Sunday&amp;apos;s Super Bowl XLVI."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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