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Whitney Houston is dead

normnorm Posts: 31,146
edited February 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, 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 unclear.

At her peak in the 1980s and `90s, Houston the golden girl of the music industry and one of the world's best-selling artists.

Among her hits were "How Will I Know," "Saving All My Love for You" and "I Will Always Love You." She won multiple Grammys including album and record of the year.

Her success carried her beyond music to movies like "The Bodyguard."

But by the end of her career, drug use took its toll as her record sales plummeted and her voice became raspy and hoarse.

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  • CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    first
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    second
  • conmanconman Posts: 7,493
    not surpised... but RIP
  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    they showed her leaving a club the other night and she had been partying. they said she was bloody and bruised, but she seemed happy. her hair was really messy like she sweated.

    liked her in the movie the bodyguard with kevin costner.

    rip whitney houston :(
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  • Pamela0222Pamela0222 Posts: 1,544
    CNN just confirmed it also.

    Sad.
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  • vduboisevduboise Posts: 1,937
    Wow. She had a great voice, once. How sad where life takes you sometimes...
    RIP
  • afroannnieafroannnie Posts: 12,995
    :(
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,374
    It's not really a surprise, but sad.

    May she rest in peace.
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  • voidofmanvoidofman Posts: 4,009
    Wasn't really expecting this but she did say crack is wack...so...

    RIP Whitney.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,418
    :o i just went on facebook and some people posted about it RIP!
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  • CROJAM95CROJAM95 Posts: 10,042
    She gives the whole

    "good girls like bad guys" cliche a whole other meaning

    Bobbie Browns a pc of shit, but ultimately she choose that so......

    Sad
  • neilybabes86neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    norm is like tmz


    R.I.P WHITNEY
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • kenshuntkenshunt London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,863
    CROJAM95 wrote:
    She gives the whole

    "good girls like bad guys" cliche a whole other meaning

    Bobbie Browns a pc of shit, but ultimately she choose that so......

    Sad

    totally agree bobby brown is a piece of shit, rip whitney
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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,952
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupsPg5H6aE

    That's the way the most butchered song in the world is meant to sounds.

    Drugs are a motherfucker for some.
  • ZiggyStarZiggyStar Posts: 14,328
    So sad for her daughter....
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    :(
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    coke is bad...mmm.....kay
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  • RaniRani Posts: 434
    ZiggyStar wrote:
    So sad for her daughter....

    :cry:

    although this was more or less forseeable, that damn crack, doesn't negate the fact that the world lost a beautiful woman and a beautiful voice today.

    And I'm not a fan...but I do recognize her talent, and this is a damn tragedy.

    Her poor daughter, and family.

    RIP Whitney

    :cry:
  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    all death sucks, but I'll never understand why a junkie celebrity's death is deemed more of a tragedy than a "normal" person's.

    to me that's a sad state of our society.
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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Loved Whitney RIP
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  • RaniRani Posts: 434
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    all death sucks, but I'll never understand why a junkie celebrity's death is deemed more of a tragedy than a "normal" person's.

    to me that's a sad state of our society.

    Not for me.

    Her death was a reminder of my homeless brother, and it will be more or less likely the same fate for him. My entire family prepares for the bad news, yet we try to hang on to a morsel of hope.

    Just found him after not hearing from him for about 4 months. But I do prepare myself for very similar news.

    He aint no celebrity. He's my brother. This just all hits too close to home. Sigh.

    It's tragic whether its a celebrity, your neighbour, your brother.

    :cry:
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,716
    Damn. Beautiful lady, great voice. Too young. I'm feelin' old right now.

    RIP Whitney.
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  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupsPg5H6aE

    That's the way the most butchered song in the world is meant to sounds.

    Drugs are a motherfucker for some.

    Indeed to both statements.

    Wasn't she seen at one point taking drugs with her daughter? I think I read that once.I hope her daughter's fate doesn't go the same way.

    I wasn't a fan but this song took me through college

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3giaIzONA&ob=av3e

    Still a great song
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 49,495
    neilybabes86 wrote:
    norm is like tmz


    R.I.P WHITNEY

    i think he's been breaking news of dead celebrities on here longer than that website's been around

    :lol:
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  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Drugs are a motherfucker

    ..end of.

    So sad, she's one of those people/artists who have always been around, at least for me. It's hard to believe she's gone, and at 48, around the same age as my Mum. :(
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    all death sucks, but I'll never understand why a junkie celebrity's death is deemed more of a tragedy than a "normal" person's.

    to me that's a sad state of our society.

    I'm not really sure where you are coming from........I think an addict's death is perhaps more tragic because it is seen as being more preventable than people who say die of disease, or accidents etc.

    If you're referring to the press coverage of her death (the sad state of society?), it's kind of to be expected, this is one of the biggest selling artists of all time, she sold something like 200 million records, so naturally people care. Her fall from grace is a truly sad story. She was unquestionably one of the greatest vocalists the world has ever heard, and she lost everything to addiction. I don't think it's any sadder that she has passed away than it is when any 'normal' person does - but it's certainly more newsworthy.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,418
    Houston we have a problem (too soon? :? )
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,875
    When somebody ingests drugs for 10-20 years...Heavy drugs

    What does he/she expect to happen?
    Sooner or later your heart is going to stop working.

    Prescription drug overdose?
    Drowned in a bathtub?
    Take me piece by piece.....
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  • London BridgeLondon Bridge USA Posts: 4,733
    another one bites the dust...ooh, what a surprise :roll:
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    thoughts and prayers for her family and all those who loved her

    she had a voice like an angel, a simply beautiful lady

    journey on Miss Whitney
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