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"Jennifer Hudson is trying to stay strong for Sunday evening&amp;apos;s Grammy Awards -- but it isn&amp;apos;t easy.\r\nThe huge-voiced singer was tapped last minute to perform a &amp;quot;respectful musical tribute&amp;quot; to the late Whitney Houston after news of her death in Beverly Hills shocked the world late Saturday.\r\n\r\nHudson dutifully showed up for rehearsals in L.A. on Sunday morning to sing Houston&amp;apos;s trademark ballad &amp;quot;I Will Always Love You.&amp;quot; Understandably, Hudson &amp;quot;began sobbing hysterically,&amp;quot; a backstage source tells Us Weekly. &amp;quot;She had to restart [the song] several times before making it through.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nProduction staffers were similarly teary-eyed during the run.  The entire morning, indeed, was challenging, with last-minute script and song changes made. Chaka Khan -- for whom Houston once sang backup, and whose hit &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m Every Woman&amp;quot; Houston covered -- is also rumored to perform with Hudson.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;All stars have been accommodating,&amp;quot; the source said. &amp;quot;No one has batted an eye or been a diva...People are trying to be upbeat.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nKen Erhlich, Grammy Executive Producer, explained to the Los Angeles Times how they decided to go with the small tribute.&amp;#xA0; &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s too fresh in everyone&amp;apos;s memory to do more at this time, but we would be remiss if we didn&amp;apos;t recognize Whitney&amp;apos;s remarkable contribution to music fans in general, and, in particular, her close ties with the Grammy telecast and her Grammy wins and nominations over the years."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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