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name. Comments (5 of 317) View all Comments » By Christopher John Farley Singer Whitney Houston has
died at the age of 48. Houston had one of the
defining pop-soul voices of
the 1980s and 1990s. She was
also a star of the screen,
appearing in such movies as
“The Bodyguard” and “Waiting to Exhale.” Her
career was marred by erratic
behavior and struggles with
substance abuse. Publicist Kristen Foster said
today that the singer had
died, but the cause was
unknown, according to the
Associated Press. Reached by Speakeasy,
spokeswoman Jill Fritzo
confirmed Houston’s death
but said no further details
were available yet. According to police, Houston
was found unresponsive in
her room at the Beverly Hilton
in Beverly Hills, Calif., by a
member of her entourage
who called 911 at 3:43 p.m. She was pronounced dead at
the scene at 3:55  p.m,  The
police are conducting an
investigation and will bring in
a coroner to remove the body
when that’s completed. It’s unclear when that will be. The daughter of pop-gospel
singer Cissy Houston and the
cousin of vocalist Dionne
Warwick, Whitney hailed
from Newark, N.J. She
released her first album, “Whitney Houston” in 1985 to
critical and commercial success.
That debut featured the songs
“Saving All My Love for
You,”  “Greatest Love of All,”
and “How Will I Know.” Her follow-up album, “Whitney,”
was another hit, spawning
such singles as “I Wanna Dance
with Somebody (Who Loves
Me)” and “Didn’t We Almost
Have It All.” With her supermodel looks,
pure vocal tone, and
commercial instincts, Houston
turned light soul music into
mainstream pop music. Her
singing style, which included generous vocal flourishes,
gospel touches, and stretched-
out emotional high notes,
influenced a generation of
divas who would come after
her. Houston, at her height,
became a symbol for
American pop culture. Her
rendition of “The Star-
Spangled Banner” at Super
Bowl XXV in 1991 became a chart hit. In recent years, Houston
became known for erratic
performances, problems with
substance abuse, and a
tumultuous marriage to singer
Bobby Brown. Her marriage to Brown ended in 2007. In 2010, her European tour came under scrutiny after she rescheduled dates in the wake
of her representatives saying
that she was  “suffering from
an upper respiratory
infection.” Observers also said
that her performances were spotty. “She struggled to hit
the high notes in many of her
signature anthems such as ‘I
Wanna Dance with Somebody’
and ‘All at Once,’ appearing
breathless onstage,” People magazine wrote at the time. Houston had been mostly out
of the spotlight in recent
months, but according to
numerous reports she had
been hoping to stage a
comeback.  A story in the Hollywood Reporter said that
the singer was under
consideration for a spot on
Simon Cowell’s Fox talent
show “The X Factor.” Houston’s passing is sure to
cast a cloud over the annual
Grammy Awards, which are
set to be held tomorrow. Photos: Whitney Houston, 1963-2012 Christopher John Farley is the
editorial director of the Wall
Street Journal blogs.

So sad to hear that the songbird has flown, never to be seen again.

I will never forget the heavenly beauty of that woman's voice, and news of per passing fills me with sadness.

Sad.

Whitney Houston died on Saturday afternoon. She was 48. Houston was pronounced
dead at 3:55 p.m. in her room
on the fourth floor of the
Beverly Hilton Hotel, police
officials told reporters. No cause of death has been
announced, nor did authorities
observe any ”obvious signs of
any criminal intent.”

may her soul rest in perfect peace. Just yesterday morning, I was busy searching for two of her songs I wanna dance with somebody and the greatest love of all times. I'm going to miss her.

I just heard that she was an drug addict and she admitted public of being involved in the use of cocaine and marijuana. Although, she had undergone treatment for her addictions.

oh noooo. been playing her songs the past 2 weeks!! and falling in love with her former self.

Whitney Houston, the iconic
American singer whose
battles with drugs, alcohol
and ex-husband Bobby Brown
marred her star power, has
died. She was 48. Houston's publicist confirmed
the singer's death to ABC
News. The cause of death is
not yet known. Six police cars were spotted in
front of the Beverly Hilton
hotel today, where Houston
was staying. TMZ reports that paramedics were called there
this afternoon and found
Houston unresponsive in her
hotel room. According to TMZ, paramedics'
attempts at CPR failed and
Houston was pronounced
dead at 3:55 p.m. PT. TMZ
reports that there were no
signs of foul play. Houston was last seen publicly
on Thursday, when she
appeared disheveled and
disoriented in front of a
Hollywood nightclub.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, she got into an
altercation with "X Factor"
finalist Stacy Francis on
Thursday at an event where
she was said to be acting
"belligerent." Houston returned to rehab in
May of last year seeking
treatment for drug and
alcohol dependence. "Whitney
voluntarily entered the
program to support her long- standing recovery process,"
her publicist said at the time. The six-time Grammy winner
staged a comeback in 2009,
but was dogged by rumors
that she was using drugs
again. That year, she told
Oprah Winfrey that marijuana laced with cocaine was her
substance of choice during her
1992 to 2006 marriage to R&B
singer Bobby Brown. They
have a daughter together,
Houston's only child, Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown. Houston's appearance on
"Oprah" was her first major
television interview since
2002, when she talked to ABC
News' Diane Sawyer. At the time, Sawyer asked
Houston about ongoing drug
rumors that had started in
2000, when airport security
guards found marijuana in
Houston and Brown's bags at a Hawaiian airport. The singer
alluded to having used
cocaine, pills and marijuana --
but drew the line at crack in
what turned into an infamous
rant. "First of all, let's get one thing
straight," she told Sawyer.
"Crack is cheap. I make too
much money to ever smoke
crack. Let's get that straight.
OK? We don't do crack. We don't do that. Crack is wack." In August 2009, Houston
released "I Look to You," her
first studio album in seven
years. It sold 304,000 copies in
its first seven days on the
market, sending Houston back to the top of the charts and
giving her the best debut
week of her career. In 2010, Houston launched her
"Nothing but Love" world
tour. Though some said
Houston's signature voice
showed the stress of her ups
and downs, she soldiered on, putting on shows in Asia,
Australia and Europe even
though fans and critics panned
her performances. At her peak in the 1990s,
Houston was a force to be
reckoned with in the music
industry. She was one of the
world's best-selling artists,
selling out stadiums with powerful, poignant renditions
of her greatest hits like "I
Wanna Dance With
Somebody," "How Will I
Know," and "I Will Always
Love You." Houston won six Grammy
awards, two Emmys, 30
Billboard Music Awards, and
22 American Music Awards,
among others. Her album
"Whitney" was the first album by a woman to ever
debut at No. 1 on the Billboard
Charts. She has sold more than
170 million albums world
wide. Her success launched her into
the film industry, where she
starred in hits like "The
Bodyguard" and "Waiting to
Exhale." Her struggles with
drugs, alcohol, rehab (she went at least three times) and
Brown, against whom she
filed a charge of domestic
abuse in 1993, pushed her out
the spotlight. In 2009, talking to Winfrey
about why she took a break
from show business, Houston
said, "It was too much. So
much to try to live up to, to
try to be, and I wanted out."

RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9nPf7w7pDI

body found in hotel bath tub

sad but inevitable.

We love you whitney, RIP. Whitney was a blood sacrifice just like michael jackson, 2pac, B.I.G, Left eye, aaliyah etc. Its too complicated to xplain.
Food for thought: biggie and 2pac death look just d same, it wasnt real it was planned. They were both sacrificed.

seunlayi:

body found in hotel bath tub

Niaja!
We hail Thee,

updates - daughter denied access to mum corpse.
The daughter of the recently
deceased Whitney Houston,
Bobbi Kristina, had forbidden
the entrance to the hotel
room in Beverly Hills was
where found without life his mother on Saturday
afternoon (madrugada del
Domingo in Spain), according
to judicial sources have
confirmed to the website
TMZ.Bobbi Kristina appeared on the fourth floor of the
hotel several hours after
certifying the death of
Whitney Houston.
Apparently, when the police
denied him access to the room, he flew into a rage and
between shouts demanded to
see the body of his
mother.Despite the anger and
the mounted scene, the
daughter of Whitney Houston failed to see her modified, as
also the cousin of Whitney
Dionne Warwick, could do so
as soon as appear by the hotel
had to give half back. According to TMZ, were other
members of the family and
friends of Whitney Houston,
who were in the room when
the authorities arrived which
identified the body of American singer-songwriter.