LOS ANGELES–A tearful Jennifer Hudson won her first Grammy, thanking her family “in heaven and those who are with me today.”
Hudson, 27, made no direct reference on Sunday to the October killings of her mother, brother and nephew in Chicago that kept her in seclusion until just this month. But while fighting back tears, she made it clear that her family was foremost on her mind.
“I first would like to thank God who has brought me through,” said Hudson, also an Oscar winner, as she accepted her award from Whitney Houston.
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