Whitney Houston's Father Dies
 

Whitney Houston's Father Dies at 82
By STEVE STRUNSKY
Associated Press Writer

John Houston, the father of singer Whitney Houston and a theatrical manager since the early days of rhythm and blues, died Sunday after a long battle with diabetes and heart disease. He was 82.

Houston died at a New York hospital, family spokeswoman Nancy Seltzer said Monday. She said Houston's health had been deteriorating for several years.

Well before his daughter's rise to fame, Houston managed the career of her mother and his ex-wife, Cissy Houston. She sang with The Sweet Inspirations, a backing vocal group to artists including Aretha Franklin.

Relations between Houston and his daughter, who has acknowledged having drug problems, took an especially awkward turn recently when his company, John Houston Entertainment LLC, sued hers for $100 million.

The suit sought compensation for helping to get a marijuana charge against her dismissed and for getting her a new record contract.

Houston even made a public appeal to his daughter in an interview with the syndicated news magazine "Celebrity Justice" in December: "You get your act together, honey, and you pay me the money that you owe me."

Houston was born in Trenton on Sept. 13, 1920, and was living in Fort Lee when he died, Seltzer said. His theatrical management agency was based in Newark, the city where his daughter was born.

In addition to his daughter and wife, Peggy, Houston is survived by three sons.

That's sad. So I guess the lawsuit is off...

:o HOW is Whitney going to deal with this?

In all sincerity, not very well. Especially if she had not talked to him before he died and at least made peace with her father.

Trust me I know, however, I still don't mess with drugs.:cool:

This is going to be a rough road for her; she needs a strong man in her life to help her cope and PRAYER.

I know.

I'm not trying to be funny, but I've seen where a relative or whatever had not "made peace," was on drugs, had been estranged from the family, etc. were the ones who were trying to "get in the casket" with the deceased. Then afterwards, their drug use increased. Let's hope this will not be the case for Whitney and her siblings.

Who is that STRONG mortal male figure going to be? Hopefully, this will be her wakeup call. :confused:

I highly doubt it will be Bobby. She might have to hit rock bottom. This will be her way of seeing who is her FRIEND and who is her friend. Her mama is about to have to regulate.

Sadly, not necessarily.

Whomever gains control of the company because of his passing, possibly his wife, can proceed with the case if she feels it is in the best interest of the company and the suit has merit.

I thikn John and Cissy Houston are divorced, but I think it will be his business partnet that may carry on with the lawsuit if it does proceed.

They are divorced. It says it in the article above.

Whitney discussed her stepmother in her radio interview.

:D

Russ just reported the laswsuit still cometh from the business partner, however, Whitney and her brothers are most likely the benefactors of his estate so they could win back the money from the lawsuit. :confused: RICH FOLKS, I tell ya.

Also let us wish Bobby Brown a Happy 34th Birthday.:p This too was just announced on the radio.

BUT, if they are er uh, connoisseurs of the pipe etc. :o AND HE KNEW THIS... I don't think he'd be THAT dumb to have them as his benefactors, hopefully the benefactors would be the grandchildren with a RESPONSIBLE adult as the overseer (tutelage).

That is really sad. I hope that she snaps out of it now and realizes what is precious in life. Hopefully, they will detox themselves and be better role models for Bobbie Christina. I think that she might snap out of it now.Did you all hear about how she acted on a phone interview why Wendy Williams on New York's WBLS. She definitely wilded on by threatening to kick her a** ... As a superstar especially an African American superstar she could be doing a lot better for her image.

Monday, February 10, 2003
By Roger Friedman


Whitney, Bobby Are No-Shows at Funeral

You may have seen Joanna Molloy's report in the New York Daily News that Whitney Houston skipped her dad's funeral. Well, she also missed the burial. And the lunch for her family that followed at the Fort Lee Hilton.

Houston and husband Bobby Brown did attend the wake the night before for John Houston, who died last week at the age of 82. Apparently the Browns did not use regular fashion etiquette for their appearance. According to sources, Bobby wore a white suit with a white turtleneck. When Whitney took off her long coat, she was sporting a white tank top.

"Everyone else was dressed appropriately," says my spy. Whitney, however, did keep her sunglasses on the whole time she was at the wake. Even though Whitney didn't make her father's own funeral, her staff did.

Her talent agent, Nicole David, even spoke at the service. All of the staff from Nippy Inc. were there, as well as Whitney's publicist, Nancy Seltzer.

So what happened?

"The cars went to Whitney's house in Mendham, so they were expecting to pick her up," my source reports. "But Whitney and Bobby partied all night, and they sent the cars away. Whitney is not a morning person. The service was set for 11 a.m."

None of this went over too well with Whitney's family, the rest of whom managed to make it. And don't believe the story that Whitney wanted to avoid the press. "The burial was private. No one would have seen her," my source says. "And there was a little press at the church, but not enough to cause trouble. She just didn't want to go. I think it's unforgivable."

humph...why am i not surprised?

*shaking my head*

wow
 

That is really sad, she will regret that one day.


QTE

Inside Edition showed footage last week. They also said that Aretha Franklin sang via video "Amazing Grace". Whitney and Bobby were in a limo that had all of this TOP security following them. Wth?

Supposedly, Whitney spent a great deal of time at the casket, I guess saying her good-bye. I'm glad she wasn't acting all crazy.

I'm glad she showed up for the wake at least. If she would have been a COMPLETE no-show, I'd have problems with that.

I can understand why she wasn't at the funeral. And I'm glad that she spent A LOT OF TIME AT THE WAKE.

Not everyone can handle being a funeral... family or no family. I know people like that so it is easy for me to see this being a viable excuse (if you will) for Whitney not to show up. Plus, everyone is in her business and continues to be in her business so she would not have had the opportunity to TRULY mourn for her father at the funeral.

No one REALLY knows what Whitney's relationship was like with her father but her and her father. Therefore, it is not right or fair for one to say what she SHOULD HAVE or SHOULD NOT HAVE done because they don't know (I think Whitney made this clear during her interview with Wendy Williams). I am not insinuating that Whitney and her father have problems (I actually think the opposite is true).

I am saying that everyone deals with death differently, especially that of their parents and no one should open their mouth to critique her actions.

I think if this was a case of media folks will be there, the funeral will be too hard, I've already said my goodbyes, yadda yadda then Whitless' family would have know that in advance. I had an aunt to pass away recently and her only child, who is 26, was very uncomfortable at the wake. He told a few of us he was going to leave for a few. He also said, IN ADVANCE that he did not want to ride in the "family" car that the funeral home sent. He wanted to drive his own car. No body in the family had a problem with it and when I heard someone else ask why (like my aunt's siblings kept him out or something :rolleyes: ) I politely put them in their place. Seems to me if it was like that Whit's family would be defending her.

I cannot STAND when the media reports things that are unnecessary to the story. First of all, why is it important what they wore to the funeral???????? Somebody is DEAD; who CARES what people have on???? People harp on some ignorant isht, I'm tellin' you. Secondly, if it had been a wedding, I could understand the sunglasses statement. But, I don't know, maybe she could have been CRYING and had red eyes from that, so THAT'S why she kept her sunglasses on. Dang.

I understand that she's crackish and whatnot, but back up. The death of one's PARENT is hardly the time to pick at somebody. I agree with Soror 2D, if she hadn't shown at the wake, I could see people trippin' off of that. But apparently, she did what she needed to do, and didn't feel the need to attend the funeral. That time is a personal time. Should she have shown up simply to save face? That's straight BS. People have no idea how the death of her father affected her. NO IDEA. People don't know where to draw the line. Celebrity or not, have a little respect.

Hello, Sorors,

I am really concerned about the incident that took place with the AKA's. Can anyone give me some feedback on what took place?Thanks.

CrimsonDelite Spring 2000
Opel. Alum:

Children are like molds; be careful of your imprints.

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I am over here CTFU. Even though I've never met you, I swear I can see the look on your face right now. LMAO.

I was on the phone when I saw this last night and I actually PAUSED as I read it. I had my WTF face on BIG TIME.