BREAKING: Whitney Houston, Iconic “I Will Always Love You” Singer, Is Dead At 48
The AP is reporting that Whitney Houston’s publicist has confirmed the singer’s death Saturday evening at 48 years of age. Twitter has been set aflame by the news, which is spreading rapidly.
Houston had a long and public battle with substance abuse, but it’s unclear if her death was drug-related. She was found yesterday by her bodyguard on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hills hotel where the singer was set to attend a pre-Grammys party thrown by longtime mentor Clive Davis.
Whitney’s personal struggles and powerful, empowering anthems resonated strongly with the gay community—and many still remember her surprise performance at NYC Pride in 1999.
Here’s two songs we’ve heard many a time at the gay clubs. Rest in peace, Whitney. We will always love you.
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Oh this is just awful. I remember listening to her when I first came out, in the 90
s, she was a real beacon of hope..
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RIP Whitney. Your musical legacy will live on.
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I’m not going to address anyone on here directly, but I think that it is sad for a few people to come on here to make insensitive and outright horrible comments about a very talented woman who apparently had a some very troubling issues that she was dealing with in her life. It is so very easy for us to sit here and judge when our lives are not displayed before the whole world to judge, mock, and ridicule. Whitney was as human as anyone of us and gave many people joy-despite her personal problems. And, I for one was hoping that she would overcome her problems and come to a place of peace for herself. If that meant (parapharasing-I don’t remember the exact quote) living a quite life on an island like she said on Oprah-that would have been fine with me and so many of the people who loved her than what happened today. And, I would hope for the same for anyone who was trying to find their way in life. I was never really of fan of Michael Jackson but I could not deny the talent and how he touched people’s hearts and the writing may have been on the wall of how his life would end, but it would be pointless to say such a thing or some other stupid remark on a blog just so I could have my say in the matter or appear to be clever. For everyone else on here that is in touch with their humanity-I am also sadden by her passing. RIP Whitney.
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@I’m with Stupid: I love Adele and hope she cleans up at the Grammys. HOWEVER, speaking as someone who came of age in the late 80′s and 90′s, Adele is not in the same zip code as the irreplaceable Whitney Houston.
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These videos are from her heyday.
She completely destroyed herself with drugs. Truly tragic.
Her last concert series was a disaster, her vocal cords were destroyed by all the crack, and her voice was a dry, quavering croak without any power at all.
Cautionary tale about the power of self-destruction and the ephemeral nature of human life.
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@Marie Cohn: There might be some truth in that harsh statement. Signorile called Houston, on her denial of lesbianism, the “self-hating one.”
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A friend commented saying that she was the Judy Garland of our age, I think that’s quite appropriate. So talented and so tragic.
I loved dancing to “It’s not right but it’s ok” at the clubs when I first came out, and “Exhale” is always a comfort for me.
Sing with the angels, Whitney.
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She had the greatest voice of all time and will truly be missed by fans from all over the world. At her peak she had 5 octaves but impressively she could sing with power, control and clarity at 3.5
For all of us who enjoyed her music, we can listen to her for years and years to come. RIP Whitney.
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@Bronk: @Marie Cohn: So maybe Whitney really was bisexual like Bobby Brown claimed in his little book. That doesn’t mean she married him “for all the wrong reasons” as he put it. Bi women generally marry men for the same reason/s straight women do.
RIP Whitney Houston
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I had just found this awesome “I wanna dance” Whitney remix a few months ago, have a listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....plpp_video
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Dolly Parton is DEAD??????!!!??????
I mean, that is the ONLY person you could possibly mean when you say “iconic ‘I will always love you’ singer is dead”.
After all, who wrote “I will Always Love You”?
Who actually sang it first, and recorded it multiple times?
Yeah, it’s sad that Whitney Houston is dead. Probably related to her past difficulties with substance abuse. But please don’t give her credit where none is due. She sang. Other peoples music. That’s it. It’s not like she was the greatest artist that ever lived.
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To the idiot who commented “we have Adele to replace her”, Adele has neither the power or range Whitney had. I like her but she’s no Whitney.
I have great memories of my mom making my brother and I dinner while blasting Whitney’s music and me helping her and singing along (while my brother rolled his eyes at us and played with his Nintendo in the living room) so she meant a lot to me (and my mom) while growing up. I rediscovered her a couple years ago thanks to Youtube and I’m really saddened by her passing. R.I.P. Whitney!
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@TASTEY GOODIES: A shock? You’ve got to be kidding! After all those years of widely publicized massive drug abuse, it’s no shock at all! I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner!
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@christopher di crapito:
Amen to that. Why the public is shocked when rich drug addicts die is beyond me.
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A news/radio item I stumbled upon mentioned that the toxicity tests won’t be back for a few weeks. Don’t you think it might be a bit less disrespectful of the recently departed to at least wait for the tests and autopsy before commenting on the cause of death?
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So sad. sigh…….