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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.
Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown. At her peak, Houston was the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen. Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits like "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting to Exhale." She had the perfect voice and the perfect image: a gorgeous singer who had sex appeal but was never overtly sexual, who maintained perfect poise. She influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey, who when she first came out sounded so much like Houston that many thought it was Houston. But by the end of her career, Houston became a stunning cautionary tale of the toll of drug use. Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming; her once serene image was shattered by a wild demeanor and bizarre public appearances. She confessed to abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her once pristine voice became raspy and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes as she had during her prime. "The biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy," Houston told ABC's Diane Sawyer in an infamous 2002 interview with then-husband Brown by her side. It was a tragic fall for a superstar who was one of the top-selling artists in pop music history, with more than 55 million records sold in the United States alone. She seemed to be born into greatness. She was the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston, the cousin of 1960s pop diva Dionne Warwick and the goddaughter of Aretha Franklin. |
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Just heard about it...all over facebook
What a talent.. RIP Whitney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QaI-M9sxW4 |
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sad, sad.
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Just heard about it...all over facebook What a talent.. RIP Whitney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QaI-M9sxW4 Who needs the news when we have FB! |
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Whitney Houston used drugs galore Whitney Houston, is no more What a waste of a voice, that woman had some pipes! |
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RIP Whitney.
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thats crazy , MJ at 50 and now Whitney at the age of 48
people need to slow down,,,,,, |
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Loved her role in the movie "The Preacher's Wife". Excellent talent...beautiful vocals! Lord God be with her family and loved ones! |
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Edited by
Lpdon
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Sat 02/11/12 11:05 PM
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown. At her peak, Houston was the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen. Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits like "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting to Exhale." She had the perfect voice and the perfect image: a gorgeous singer who had sex appeal but was never overtly sexual, who maintained perfect poise. She influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey, who when she first came out sounded so much like Houston that many thought it was Houston. But by the end of her career, Houston became a stunning cautionary tale of the toll of drug use. Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming; her once serene image was shattered by a wild demeanor and bizarre public appearances. She confessed to abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her once pristine voice became raspy and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes as she had during her prime. "The biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy," Houston told ABC's Diane Sawyer in an infamous 2002 interview with then-husband Brown by her side. It was a tragic fall for a superstar who was one of the top-selling artists in pop music history, with more than 55 million records sold in the United States alone. She seemed to be born into greatness. She was the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston, the cousin of 1960s pop diva Dionne Warwick and the goddaughter of Aretha Franklin. I was at work when I first heard about this today and my first thought was did Bobby finally kill her? I hope he has a good alibi. |
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The first drug she ever did was pot and it went downhill from there and people say it isn't a gateway drug.............
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The first drug she ever did was pot and it went downhill from there and people say it isn't a gateway drug............. only if you dont count alcohol,, but hardly anyone calls that a gateway,, it makes too much money,,,, |
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The first drug she ever did was pot and it went downhill from there and people say it isn't a gateway drug............. only if you dont count alcohol,, but hardly anyone calls that a gateway,, it makes too much money,,,, Alcohol doesn't lead you to take hard drugs. Pot does and that has been proven. |
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The first drug she ever did was pot and it went downhill from there and people say it isn't a gateway drug............. only if you dont count alcohol,, but hardly anyone calls that a gateway,, it makes too much money,,,, Alcohol doesn't lead you to take hard drugs. Pot does and that has been proven. it hasnt been 'proven' its been proven that some people who use pot go on to use harder drugs,, thats not proof that pot is the reason people go on to take harder drugs,, especially if they used ANY other attitude enhancer along with or prior to the pot,,,, |
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Guess her ego was busted so she turned herself into just another dead crack-ho.
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The first drug she ever did was pot and it went downhill from there and people say it isn't a gateway drug............. only if you dont count alcohol,, but hardly anyone calls that a gateway,, it makes too much money,,,, Alcohol doesn't lead you to take hard drugs. Pot does and that has been proven. She's dead..have some respect! You don't need to speculate on her life, YOU know nothing about her except what the so called news says about her. |
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The first drug she ever did was pot and it went downhill from there and people say it isn't a gateway drug............. only if you dont count alcohol,, but hardly anyone calls that a gateway,, it makes too much money,,,, Alcohol doesn't lead you to take hard drugs. Pot does and that has been proven. Pot hasn't been proven to do **** but give some people the munchies. |
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I hope she does rest in peace. Just like all the no-names who travel her road and don't make the news.
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Edited by
Lpdon
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Sun 02/12/12 10:56 PM
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The first drug she ever did was pot and it went downhill from there and people say it isn't a gateway drug............. only if you dont count alcohol,, but hardly anyone calls that a gateway,, it makes too much money,,,, Alcohol doesn't lead you to take hard drugs. Pot does and that has been proven. She's dead..have some respect! You don't need to speculate on her life, YOU know nothing about her except what the so called news says about her. Or what she has admitted to.  She's dead because she was a damn drug addict, which is her own damn fault.
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