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    WATCH: Remembering Whitney Houston

    By Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Yahoo! Shine | Work + Money – Sun, Feb 12, 2012 12:06 AM EST

    Whitney Houston in 2006. The pop diva passed away Saturday at the age of 48. (AP Photo)Friends and fans reacted with shock and sadness on Saturday, as news spread that pop music legend Whitney Houston had been found dead in her Beverly Hills Hotel. She was 48. The cause of death was not immediately known.

    "Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston," Dolly Parton said in a statement. "I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song, and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.'"

    "No words! Just tears #DearWhitney," tweeted Rihanna.

    "Such a loss. One of the greatest voices of our time. Sending ut prayers to her faily...#R.I.P Whitney." Jennifer Lopez said on Twtitter.

    "R.I.P. Whitney Houston, I've always idolized her and her amazing talent," Michael Jackson's daughter Paris tweeted.

    "My heart is weeping... RIP to the Legendary Diva & Icon Whitney Houston!!!!! Such an incredible ifluence over music as a whole," Toni Braxton said.

    Houston -- the daughter of gospel singer Sissy Houston, the niece of Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwock, and the god-daughter of Aretha Franklin -- starting singing in church choirs at the age of 11, but burst onto pop music scene when she was 21, in February 1985, with her debut single "You Give Good Love." Hit after hit followed; her performance of the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXV is widely considered to be one of the best renditions of the songs in sports history.

    Here are a few of her biggest and brightest moments in music:













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    70 comments

    • Ruthie
      Ruthie  •  San Diego, California  •  2 months ago
      I am shocked and saddened by the news of Houston's death. Perhaps she needed this final rest from the nasty scrutiny that her beauty and talent demanded. Like Michael Jackson, Whitney's music served as the background to many life events: jobs, love, marriage, etc. I pray and hope for peace for her daugher and family members.
    • roy
      roy  •  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  •  3 months ago
      sorry to hear this... i am still making my way to see her perform personally. but now, i will just be a dream. so sad...
    • mary
      mary  •  Providence, Rhode Island  •  3 months ago
      STILL SO HEART BROKEN OVER THE LOSS OF WHITNEY...MAY YOU REST IN LOVE WHITNEY...WATCH OVER BOBBI AND YOUR MOTHER SO IT IS HARD FOR THEM RIGHT NOW...REST IN LOVE WHITNEY HOUSTON!!
    • pc0p1mp
      pc0p1mp  •  Kumamoto-shi, Japan  •  3 months ago
      Did this chick's life play out like a bad blaxploitation movie, or what?

      He had been in a severe downward spiral for years, it was like watching a horrible train wreck in slow motion.

      It makes me think of that book called "The Black Girl Curse"

      And I wonder if ol' Bobby is feeling kind of like "The Grim Reaper of Pop" right now?

      Anyway, she had her fun and did it her way, Happy Trails Whitney!
      • Ruthie
        Ruthie 2 months ago
        Eric C, you live in a glass house you are not aware of. Go back to driving school buses in Memphis, you internet loner. And stop spamming your own useless books. U aren't even worthy to touch the edge of Bobby Brown's crackpipe! Now get back on your diet.
    • marie
      marie  •  Kansas City, Missouri  •  3 months ago
      God has taken another angel home.my prayers goes out to her daughter and mother may god bless you all and give you the strength to get threw this. I myself loved her very much. Your in my prayers.
    • Kiara
      Kiara  •  Nashville, Tennessee  •  3 months ago
      omg im so sad to hear this lady pass i almost cryed her and my mom look just alike...but i really wish people would stop talking about what they dont know because they dont know how she did yet.......her dying may have had nothing to do with her addiction....smh
    • ....*
      ....*  •  Ashburn, Virginia  •  3 months ago
      i really cant belive she"s gone its really crazy because she was trying to get herself toger . rest in heavenly peace
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Champaign, Illinois  •  3 months ago
      only the man above knows about the pain deep inside :( R.I.P WHITNEY HOUSTON ..... it wasnt your time :(
      • Eryn_Lindsay
        Eryn_Lindsay 3 months ago
        That's a very contradictory statement. (i.e. She wouldn't be dead if it wasn't her time.)
      • A Yahoo! User 3 months ago
        ok girl thats your opinion,,call it what ya wont!!....iiiiii feel like it wasnt her time....thanks for the reply ;)
    • mirriamm
      mirriamm  •  Ndola, Zambia  •  3 months ago
      The great voice of all time" MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE.
    • Charlotte
      Charlotte  •  Jackson, Mississippi  •  3 months ago
      Whitney was a beautiful young lady with a voice of gold. I will never forget her. Kristina my prayers goes out for you. She will always be smiling down on you.
    • Barb
      Barb  •  Miami, Florida  •  3 months ago
      Thanks for posting such a beautiful memorial of Whitney Houston. It saddens my heart to lose another singer, with so much soul.
    • Auleilei
      Auleilei  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  3 months ago
      When I saw the video I Look To You, if you listen to the powerful words, she was sending a message, almost as if she was ready for Him to bring her "home"..where she is free from pain, any suffering and at peace. God bless her daughter and family. I grew up with her, having just turned 40, her music took me through many years.. She was our icon, her music was magical and she has left a legacy which will live on in our hearts.
    • k8blujay
      k8blujay  •  3 months ago
      I am still so sad that she has died and I am sad that the last decade or so of her life have been such a waste of her God given talent.
      • Kiara
        Kiara 3 months ago
        people like you are the reason she went the all the stuff she did for so many years before her addiction your the reason she went to drugs in the first place.....get a life and just be happy your dirty little secrets didnt get aired for the world to see.....im just here to tell you that your not perfect at all....unless you have walked a mile in this woman shoes dont speak on things you do not know at all......she is human just like you just in case you for have forgotten.....
    • Sheryl Kimber
      Sheryl Kimber  •  Holland, Michigan  •  3 months ago
      IWILL MISS HER AN I WILLALWAYS LOVE TOO HEAR HER SONGS.
    • marlyn
      marlyn  •  Vienna, Austria  •  3 months ago
      To our dear Whitney, may you rest in peace in the arms of GOD..you will always remembered and missed by all with all your undying songs..
    • Danique
      Danique  •  Kingston, Jamaica  •  3 months ago
      whitney death is a shock to everyone my condolences goes out to the family. the music fraternity has lost one great icon. you will always be remenbered
    • Marry Foreign Women
      Marry Foreign Women  •  3 months ago
      Whitney who? A singer? Isn't she the drug addict married to Bobby Brown?
      • jacquie
        jacquie 3 months ago
        Even people with problems are deeply loved, you idiot!
    • Elizabeth
      Elizabeth  •  Madison, Wisconsin  •  3 months ago
      its sad to hear she passed away and couldnt beat her addiction to drugs , i blame her ex boby brown to introduceing her to drugs in the first place and dragging her down through out the years , , her daughter was the one good thing that came out of her relationship to brown other wise and nothing more then that , if you truely gave a dame about her you wouldnt have introduced her to a life of drugs in the first place and kept buying them for her and yourself as well , because of it she now lies in a coffin and your daughter is without her mother , hope your happy now that you played a part in her death and drug use , she didnt deserve the life you introduced her to and gave her through out the years of your marriage to her , she was otherwise somebody till you came and dragged her down , such a pretty voice she had too
      • Levita
        Levita 3 months ago
        Folks need to stop blaming Bobby, she most likely already knew about and had been using drugs to be interested in being with him in the first place. He was just a running buddy in the same hole, he broke free but she continued on even after attempts to clean up. No one forces these stars to take drugs, its all a personal decision they come too and once you're in...its hard to get out and away, as long as you're part of that same industry crowd.
      • Elizabeth
        Elizabeth 3 months ago
        the truth comes out she was back at useing drugs and mixing them with drinks as well , i still say her ex played a mrole in her addiction to drugs and her death , he doesnt care notice hes on tour doing concerts and not comforting his daughter she went to stay with her mother mom her grandmother not her father hes to busy to be bothered and plan for a funneral for his ex
      • Dubs
        Dubs 3 months ago
        You just want a man to blame because its convenient for your own anti-male convictions. She made her own choices. I'm sure you'd jump up in a heartbeat if something happened to your ex...riiiiiiiiight. Oh look its my instant teleportation button...I'll be right there.
    • Andrea
      Andrea  •  Plymouth, Massachusetts  •  3 months ago
      tragic loss i didnt even know till i went on my yahoo!
    • ~Spirit~
      ~Spirit~  •  Nashville, Tennessee  •  3 months ago
      Goodbye to one of the greatest singers ever. R.I.P. beautiful Whitney. I Will Always Love You.
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