Whitney Houston is dead!
 

Unbelievable! She was only 48. Rest in peace.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/...ton/53053070/1

Oh NO... I saw this & thought it had to be wrong or a hoax of some kind. Sadly it looks to be true :( I feel so bad for her little girl.

I thought it was fake. I'm in shock. That voice...

RIP Whitney :(

Another one.. so much talent, such a mess of a life. RIP.

I am just in Shock!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ivt...eature=related

It doesn't get any better then this!!!

It is always so sad to see such talent wasted. The cause of death will be interesting- OD? Suicide? Even if it was "natural causes" her body has been beaten up so much by the years of substance abuse.

I am putting my bets on cause of death being drug overdose, probably mixed with excessive alcohol. Such a waste.

Looks like Bobby Kristina will be 19 next month, so at least she is not still a child.

The Grammy's are going to be so difficult, so emotional.

She was so much more than her demons and addictions. :(

I'm shocked! RIP Whitney.

OMG! I always thought she'd mount some amazing comeback! RIP!

Just saw the story on Yahoo. :(

Anybody else hear Simon Cowell talking about it on CNN? He came so close to blaming Bobby Brown for Whitney's fall, but he stopped just short of saying it outright.

She was mentioned on E! News just last night something about Grammy parties and they showed a clip of her with her daughter in LA.

Overheard some ladies talking about it while shopping. I didn't believe it till I saw the TMZ article.

Never thought Bobby would out live her. :(

Should have said it outright

I've seen a huge outpouring of love from Whitney fans tonight and now that the initial shock is wearing off, people are showing their behinds. It's like Amy Winehouse all over again. I feel the same way now as I did then: It doesn't matter what hardships a person had (whether self-inflicted or not), there are things you just don't say about people while others are grieving them. There are some things you just don't say about people at all.

The things I'm seeing and hearing (elsewhere on the interwebz) are so distasteful. She had a huge influence on many lives and, more importantly, she was family to somebody no matter what she did. Now is the time to honor her memory or be indifferent if you want, not claim her faults as reasons no one should grieve her.

How awful. She had such unimaginable talent.

Everybody alludes to it, nobody is saying it outright. News reports are that Bobby Brown was devastated by the news.

A producer from the Grammy's says they are working with Jennifer Hudson on doing some sort of recognition to Whitney but it won't be a full blown memorial tribute because it is just too soon for that.

When I heard the news this morning, my first thoughts were OD too. You don't want to think like that but considering the demons she has been fighting for the last couple of years, it is right there in the front.

I feel bad for Kristina, even though she is going to be 19, losing your mom is tough no matter what age.

Amen.

Anyone who blames Bobby for Whitney's "fall" is so clueless...she was not a pristine little choir girl who married the bad boy, no matter what her press agents at the time would have liked everyone to believe.

I'm getting annoyed at all the posts about Bobby ruining her life. A person chooses whether they will use drugs or not. Yes there are outside influences but ultimately the choice is up to you! Stop making excuses for people. Yes she was talented and her songs are pretty damn amazing but no one held a gun to her head to do drugs. Some people are mentioning that she should be a role model for leaving Bobby Brown. Really? I want my children's role models to be crack heads at some point. I would want them to look at this and see that no matter how successful you are, there are evils that THEY CAN CHOOSE that could end their success like this.

Agreed. Honestly Bobby is a person, too. For all his faults he, I'm sure, is mourning her loss. Relationships are not one-sided.

She frequently spoke in interviews about how similar she and Bobby were before they married. The image of choir girl and bad boy was a media creation, although I will say that once you put two people with those kinds of predilections together (along with all that disposable income and hangers on with a vested interest in keeping the party going), it's a recipe for disaster.

Reports are now saying she was found submerged in the bath tub and there were several people in the hotel room while it happened but no one was alarmed that she'd been in there for over an hour. Sad.

Annie Lennox, from her blog, posted on FB:

"It's almost unbearable to think of yet another OUTSTANDING artist being prematurely snuffed out like a light…far too soon. I'm torn between the profound awe I have for the incredible voices of Whitney and Amy, and the horror I feel over the destructive natures of their respective demise. So many phenomenal performers have fallen between the cracks like this. It makes me feel so sad. I've been looking at YouTube clips of Whitney today, and reflecting on her tremendous rise to massive fame as a young woman. She had it all…Beauty..exceptional talent.. fame..wealth..But when the life/work/fame balance gets out of kilter, and you start putting drugs into the mix, it's completely toxic. What a terrible tragic waste. So sad."

Bf & I caught it by accident on the CNN ticker last night during some random story. I thought my eyes were wrong, but Google quickly proved it true...

So young. RIP, Whitney.

I remember the wonderful concert Whitney Houston performed for the returning Gulf War vets back in the early 90s. It was supposed to air only on HBO, but they decided to broadcast it more widely. She was such a gifted performer.

Oh honey...my heart breaks for that girl.

They just said she has been released and that Bobby is on a flight now to meet her.

She was a beautiful woman and a marvelous entertainer with an amazing voice!!!!! R.I.P Whitney!!!

Whitney Houston death: Apple accused of cashing in with LP price boost

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/ne...bilityoverride

^^We were talking about that on Facebook. And the ringtone site I use no longer has any free Whitney ringtones. All the free ones have been removed and all that's left are ones at $2.99. While it's their right to do so...that sucks. Total morale killer.

Article is kinda wrong. It's not Apple that raise the price but the record company. Apple is just following the price that the record company gave them.

I'm still in shock.

Steve Harvey (this morning) just had on Kellie Price who performed w/ Whitney Wednesday night at what turned out to be Whitney's last public appearance/performance. She set the record straight on a lot of the "noise".

I watched the Grammys to hear J-Hud's tribute (long show to sit through) but J-Hud did it big.

I always held on to the thought that Whitney would make it all the way back. Her voice was so strong and captivating; it seemed she had an extra gear (range) to go to that other singers just did not have.

Like the rest of us, Whitney had bumps in the road, but she did her thing. May God bless her soul, give her rest and strengthen her family and friends.

I don't believe in bashing people, airing their dirty laundry (alive or dead), however why is it that when someone dies they all of a sudden become a saint beyond measure and not a bad word can be said about them (Whitney Houston, Famous, or otherwise)?

I think there's a difference between making someone a saint and vilifying someone because of their addictions. I would imagine CG's referring to the folks that are saying she doesn't deserve to be mourned because she "brought it on herself."

For two reasons: Still don't know yet the role drug use played in her death, AND such statements show a profound misunderstanding of addiction as an illness.

According to TMZ, the preliminary coroner's findings are that she died from mixing multiple prescription drugs with alcohol:

http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/13/whitne...owning-atlanta

I agree that we should mourn the passing of a substantial talent and have deep sympathy for her, but I am somewhat taken aback by the volume and extent of praise and adulation heaped upon someone who misused drugs and alcohol to such an extent that she instrumental in her own death.
I would suggest that we pray for her, as I did when I heard the news, and then try to view this as a cautionary tale that there are consequences to acts of self destruction. Responsibility attends one's actions.
Sincere sympathy - yes! Prayers - yes! Praise and adulation - somewhat inappropriate.
Let us remember her, let us feel for her, but at the end of the day perhaps praise and adulation are more appropriate to someone a bit more like Mother Theresa of Calcutta.
Now, considering that I believe absolutely in the infinite mercy of Our Lord I am confident that Ms. Houston, along with Mother Theresa, is safely home with Our Lord in Heaven. So, no I am not playing the awful game of holier than thou. I am saying that one can have love and sympathy for her without holding her up as a role model to be emulated.

No one is saying she was a lifestyle role model. I agree with you about viewing this as a cautionary tale. But the creative achievements of her life do deserve praise and adulation, and people who will miss her voice are right to offer them. She was and always will be a standard-setter when it comes to female vocalists. That's one reason that the cautionary tale is so sad.