7:06 pm - 02/11/2012
Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, 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 unclear.
At her peak in the 1980s and `90s, Houston the golden girl of the music industry and one of the world's best-selling artists.
Among her hits were "How Will I Know," "Saving All My Love for You" and "I Will Always Love You." She won multiple Grammys including album and record of the year.
Her success carried her beyond music to movies like "The Bodyguard."
But by the end of her career, drug use took its toll as her record sales plummeted and her voice became raspy and hoarse.
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Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies
Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, 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 unclear.
At her peak in the 1980s and `90s, Houston the golden girl of the music industry and one of the world's best-selling artists.
Among her hits were "How Will I Know," "Saving All My Love for You" and "I Will Always Love You." She won multiple Grammys including album and record of the year.
Her success carried her beyond music to movies like "The Bodyguard."
But by the end of her career, drug use took its toll as her record sales plummeted and her voice became raspy and hoarse.
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:/
drugs are bad.
I know you don't mean to be rude but
this is not the time to play six degrees of kevin bacon with whitney on tumblr
We'll only lose someone like Whitney once.
She deserves a properly planned out tribute, not a rush job.
Then I woke up, reached out to feel my non-existent tummy, and was kind of mind fucked
then I went on facebook and the first thing I see is WHITNEY HOUSTON, R.I.P. and I'm like WAIT A MINUTE AM I STILL DREAMING? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BABY? WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!
This is surreal, and so, so sad. R.I.P. Whitney. Damn, 48 years old? Such a waste :(
how pathetic, I saw the news on E just going through channels and the first thing I thought of was ONTD!!
so sad though.