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I'm very sad. RIP Whitney, we'll always love you!

I posted this on my blog before seeing this thread. Wrote my thoughts over there.

OMG Whitney you will be miss R.I.P

RIP ***WHITNEY HOUSTON***

YouTube, "I'm Your Baby Tonight": European Version

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R.I.P.WHITNEY  HOUSTON,  DEAD  AT  48  YOU WILL  BE  MIST.

 AND  WE  LOVE  YOU,GOD  BLESS  YOUR FAMILY.

So long, Whitney!    You will be deeply missed!

Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston died at a Beverly Hills, California, hotel at age 48, officials said Saturday night. The entertainer, whose incredible talent was discovered at an early age, was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. (6:55 p.m. ET) at the Beverly Hilton despite resuscitation efforts, a police spokesman said.

Whitney Elizabeth Houston(August 9, 1963—February 11, 2012) born in Newark, NJ, was an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Often referred to as the "Queen of Pop" or simply "the Voice".^[3] Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records,^[4] and her list of awards include 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston is also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums and singles worldwide.^[5][6]

Inspired by several prominent soul singers in her family, including mother Cissy Houston and cousins Dionne Warwick and the late Dee Dee Warwick, as well as her godmother, Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing with New Jersey church's junior gospel choir at age 11.^[7] After she began performing alongside her mother in night clubs in the New York City area, she was discovered by Arista Records label head Clive Davis. As of 2011, Houston has released seven studio albums and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold certification.

Houston is the only artist to chart seven consecutive No. 1 BillboardHot 100 hits ("Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know", "Greatest Love of All", "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional", and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"). Houston is the second artist behind Elton John and the only female artist to have two number-one Top Billboard 200Album awards (formerly "Top Pop Album") on the Billboardmagazine year-end charts. Houston's 1985 debut album, Whitney Houston, became the best-selling debut album by a female act at the time of its release. The album was also named Rolling Stone's best album of 1986, and was ranked at number 254 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.^[8] Her second studio album, Whitney (1987), became the first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.^[8] Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for "How Will I Know",^[9] influenced several African-American female artists to follow in her footsteps.^[10][11]

Houston's first acting role was as the star of the feature film The Bodyguard (1992). The movie's original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Its lead single, "I Will Always Love You", became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. With this album, Houston became the first act (solo or group, male or female) to sell more than a million copies of an album within a single week period.^[8] The album also makes her the only female act in the top 10 list of the best-selling albums of all time, at number four. Houston continued to star in movies and contribute to their adjoining soundtracks, including the films Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher's Wife (1996). The Preacher's Wife soundtrack would go on to become the best-selling gospel album in history.^[12] Three years after the release of her fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love (1998), she renewed her recording contract with Arista Records.^[12] She released her fifth studio album, Just Whitney, in 2002, and the Christmas-themed One Wish: The Holiday Album in 2003. Amid widespread media coverage of personal and professional turmoil, Houston ended her 14-year marriage to singer Bobby Brown in 2006. In 2009, Houston released her seventh studio album, I Look to You.

Thanks~ Wikipedia

Houston's body of work includes seven straight Billboard No. 1 hits in the 1980s, including "Saving All My Love for You," "How Will I Know," "Greatest Love of All" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go."

Billboard put her soundtrack to the movie "The Bodyguard" as one of the top 10 biggest-selling albums of all time. She also starred in the film. The soundtrack included the hit,"I Will Always Love You."

The daughter of singer Cissy Houston, Whitney was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. Famed music producer Clive Davis reportedly spotted Houston 20 years later in a New York nightclub, signing her on the spot, according to her website. Davis steered Houston's career for more than 25 years, also serving as a mentor.

The singer's rendition of the national anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl, days into the first Persian Gulf War, earned raves and cemented her place in the American musical landscape.

After "The Bodyguard," Houston went on to appear in several more films in the 1990s, including "Waiting to Exhale."

In 2000, Houston earned her sixth Grammy for best female R&B performance and, a month later, she was named female artist of the decade at the "Soul Train" Music Awards.

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                              R.I.P Whitney Houston  

Thanks for your music that will live on forever and bring much joy to our hearts!!!

RIP. Whitney Houston the Girl had a Voice out of this world she will truley be missed!  I was at the party when I heard the news. Very very sad.

R.I.P Whitney Houston

Beautiful woman.

"The Voice" you will be truly missed.

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Method 2: 6-3-0
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Rest in Peace Whitney, you'll be missed...

Such sad news. Another legendary icon gone too soon.  RIP Whitney Houston.

She was one of a kind. she will be missed. shes gone from this earth, but her spirit lives on.

Whintney ,,  was my girl,, i will still play your song,,sending love and peace to the family  val8    48-048

blessings to all I just wanted to share this with the family this morning I had to listen to my favorite whitney song and i listened to it twice and all of a sudden I was just filled with joy and I said to myself go on home girl go on home ,THAT SONG IS i LOVE THE LORD GO ON HOME WHITNEY GO ON HOME

            Hey Bird....I love that song as well....You were loved...where do broken hearts go ..are just a few of my favorite Whitney songs...

                                         May God bless her..she left us a legacy of pure joy!!!