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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.

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Dang,, That's just freakin sad,, what a great great talent..... RIP Whitney


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I remember hours upon hours of listening to her records, that's right, records as in vinyl. An icon of a generation. So sad. R. I. P. Ms. Houston


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R.I.P. what a sad ending to a uber talented woman

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A beautiful voice silenced. Very sad. Rest in peace, Whiney Houston.

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her Super Bowl national anthem is still probably the best rendition ever.

edit* maybe Marvin Gaye's is in the same convo.

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So terrible to go so young.

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her Super Bowl national anthem is still probably the best rendition ever.




this...I usually hate when a singer deviates too far from the standard rendition. She sang that so amazing that it blew my mind.


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When it comes to losing a talented icon from my childhood, this is just about as BIG as it gets. So sad to see her life cut short . . .

Farewell, Whitney . . .

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So sad.

So tragic.

The whole world will mourn tonight.


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Won't be surprised if they find out it was from drugs.She has been struggling with it for years now.48 years young.That is sad.

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A sad end to a great talent. Far too young for such a great voice to go silent forever.

RIP Ms Houston.


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I had such a tremendous crush as a kid on her when "I wanna dance with somebody" was out... and yes, I am listening to it on youtube as I type this, lol.

R.I.P.


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I can't say I was a big fan.....not that I didn't like her....a great talent no doubt.


R.I.P Ms. Houston.


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Michelle...just clicking...

You know... I really could care less... why is it when a celebrity dies..everyone wants to say words of concern....she screwed up by hanging with Brown...took her down..lesson learned !

You ever bury a 5 yr old niece that died from cancer ? I did...and i didn't see TMZ blowin down the doors to make a buck from that...

Thank God they didn't...Uncle Billy would have gone off !!!! That's me ya know...

So to all the young children...and lonely people who had no-one there to care...and the parents that got abused in some nasty nursing home.... I love Ya !

Rest in peace... you meant something to someone....

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Like Ballpeen, I really never was a fan. She was always a sweaty drug addict to me. But man, she could sing.

Deisle...I think people have things to say because this person some how, some way, touched their lives. Just as we have things to say when we lose someone close to us. Most of us just don't say those things HERE because the rest of us didn't know them. It doesn't make them any less.


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Deisle...I think people have things to say because this person some how, some way, touched their lives. Just as we have things to say when we lose someone close to us. Most of us just don't say those things HERE because the rest of us didn't know them. It doesn't make them any less.




You know Michelle....I wish I would have used my first name on here instead of a screen name....

Many of you know me personally...and I'm grateful of that...In case the day comes..when I pass... I want to be remembered as me....not a screen name....

Thing is...you have all touched my life...in one way or the other...A chapter.. a memory..a Browns game...A hang over.... or a post on here

You're right Michelle..it doesn't make them less...

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imo i just think when a celeb passes (and at a young age) its a jolt..because in Houstons case i had forgotten about her and i think stars are sorta looked at as bulletproof...this theory sounded better in my head

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Damn ... regardless of what her personal demons were she leaves behind some really great sounds . Makes me feel a little sad to think that when I go there will not be a small part of me that stays behind .

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I think she had a beautiful voice, but I loved the name Whitney so much, we gave it to my Daughter for her middle name.

RIP.


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I just downloaded a ton of Whitney songs to my iTunes. I forgot the albums I had of hers were all vinyl, I needed the digital to take with me on trips.


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Whitney Houston touched so many, not in a personal way, but with her voice. That is why many, who never met her or knew her, might still feel the need to give their condolences.

Rest in peace, Whitney Houston.


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RIP Whitney..

Very powerful voice.. and yet she sang so effortlessly.

She paved the way for a lot artists.


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Truly an icon of that era. RIP


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RIP Whitney Houston.

I never bought an album/CD from her, but in listening to the tributes, I had forgotten what an absolutely beautiful voice she had.

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she was found underwater in her hotel room bath tub. There were (6) pill bottles in the room but, all seem to be in her name. One of them was Xanax.

Her daughter has been rushed to the hospital twice since last night.

As most of us know, Whitney will now have eternal peace but she will leave behind lots of misery and sorrow.

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I was never a fan but she sure had a very sweet, powerful voice.

Hooking up with Bobby Brown had to be a down for her. Such a young age to die, but who can say.

She should have been singing the blues because she sure lived the blues!

Life is short and addictions can bring us all down.

Hope she rests in peace!


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LOL...What a night that was....

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RIP Whitney as you went way, way, before your time. But you will always be remembered!


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So very sad

Some people just cannot escape their demons.

She was a true talent that sang some of the most beautiful songs, ever.... by far, the epitome of a true vocalist. Not this crap you hear these days where the "singer" constantly changes pitch and calls it singing.


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Here is a stirring rendetion of the National Anthem by Houston at the 1991 Superbowl...


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So very sad

Some people just cannot escape their demons.

She was a true talent that sang some of the most beautiful songs, ever.... by far, the epitome of a true vocalist. Not this crap you hear these days where the "singer" constantly changes pitch and calls it singing.




Yep. I always crack today's "talent" because the talent is nothing but a production board. Houston needed nothing to make her sound pretty flipping good. Not a huge fan, but that is because that type of music just isn't me. But there was no denying she had some great pipes on her and could sing the phone book.

Her downfall was sealed when she allowed herself to get involved with Bobby Brown. Her problems had been well documented and its a shame she couldn't get the help she needed.


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No doubt. Even though it was pre-recorded, it remains one of the best renditions of the National Anthem I've ever heard.

RIP Whitney...


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Oh man, that's sooooo true, I was watching the Grammys last night.. There were singers on there that were amazing.. Jennifer Hudson, Bonnie Riatt, Adele, Alecia Keys and for the guys, Blake Shelton and a few others..

Then you get a Chris Brown who, without the electronics, I'm not sure he'd be any good at all.. or for that matter, Nicki Manaj either.


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Adele is absolutely incredible.... I don't know that I'd even put anyone else in her class right now.


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Adele is absolutely incredible.... I don't know that I'd even put anyone else in her class right now.




What a voice... I'm no fan of her music, but you have to apprciate that voice.

(rolling in the deep is far from my favorite song which is all I meant by that)


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That reminds me Peen... Alison Krause and Union Station is coming to town..

April 1 at The Palace. I wish I'd seen her with Bobby Plant.


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Adele is absolutely incredible.... I don't know that I'd even put anyone else in her class right now.




There's other very good female singers. I like Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland. Her music is poppy and doesn't have the Jazz sound that Adele's does, but she definitely has some pipes.

Plus, unlike Adele, she's hot


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