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The Moms Who Lived Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy-Winning Song

THE BEAT GOES ON

“Just Like That” was inspired by the story of a cardiac transplant recipient who let his donor’s mother listen to her dead child’s heartbeat.

Michael Daly
Michael Daly 

Special Correspondent

Bonny Raitt accepts the Grammy award for Song of the Year
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Michael Daly

Michael Daly

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