Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies (www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5im2K2XXLlbUkbTob5csuNcRdg-RQ?docId=0eddb019206a4ad19c15c120c2c17762)

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer – 13 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, 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 unknown.

At her peak, Houston was the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen.

Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits like "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting to Exhale."

She had the perfect voice and the perfect image: a gorgeous singer who had sex appeal but was never overtly sexual, who maintained perfect poise.

She influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey, who when she first came out sounded so much like Houston that many thought it was Houston.

But by the end of her career, Houston became a stunning cautionary tale of the toll of drug use. Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming; her once serene image was shattered by a wild demeanor and bizarre public appearances. She confessed to abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her once pristine voice became raspy and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes as she had during her prime.

"The biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy," Houston told ABC's Diane Sawyer in an infamous 2002 interview with then-husband Brown by her side.

It was a tragic fall for a superstar who was one of the top-selling artists in pop music history, with more than 55 million records sold in the United States alone.

She seemed to be born into greatness. She was the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston, the cousin of 1960s pop diva Dionne Warwick and the goddaughter of Aretha Franklin.

Houston first started singing in the church as a child. In her teens, she sang backup for Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson and others, in addition to modeling. It was around that time when music mogul Clive Davis first heard Houston perform.

"The time that I first saw her singing in her mother's act in a club ... it was such a stunning impact," Davis told "Good Morning America."

"To hear this young girl breathe such fire into this song. I mean, it really sent the proverbial tingles up my spine," he added.

Before long, the rest of the country would feel it, too. Houston made her album debut in 1985 with "Whitney Houston," which sold millions and spawned hit after hit. "Saving All My Love for You" brought her her first Grammy, for best female pop vocal. "How Will I Know," ''You Give Good Love" and "The Greatest Love of All" also became hit singles.

Another multiplatinum album, "Whitney," came out in 1987 and included hits like "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."

The New York Times wrote that Houston "possesses one of her generation's most powerful gospel-trained voices, but she eschews many of the churchier mannerisms of her forerunners. She uses ornamental gospel phrasing only sparingly, and instead of projecting an earthy, tearful vulnerability, communicates cool self-assurance and strength, building pop ballads to majestic, sustained peaks of intensity."

Her decision not to follow the more soulful inflections of singers like Franklin drew criticism by some who saw her as playing down her black roots to go pop and reach white audiences. The criticism would become a constant refrain through much of her career. She was even booed during the "Soul Train Awards" in 1989.

"Sometimes it gets down to that, you know?" she told Katie Couric in 1996. "You're not black enough for them. I don't know. You're not R&B enough. You're very pop. The white audience has taken you away from them."

Some saw her 1992 marriage to former New Edition member and soul crooner Bobby Brown as an attempt to refute those critics. It seemed to be an odd union; she was seen as pop's pure princess while he had a bad-boy image, and already had children of his own. (The couple had a daughter, Bobbi Kristina, in 1993.) Over the years, he would be arrested several times, on charges ranging from DUI to failure to pay child support.

But Houston said their true personalities were not as far apart as people may have believed.

"When you love, you love. I mean, do you stop loving somebody because you have different images? You know, Bobby and I basically come from the same place," she told Rolling Stone in 1993. "You see somebody, and you deal with their image, that's their image. It's part of them, it's not the whole picture. I am not always in a sequined gown. I am nobody's angel. I can get down and dirty. I can get raunchy."

It would take several years, however, for the public to see that side of Houston. Her moving 1991 rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl, amid the first Gulf War, set a new standard and once again reaffirmed her as America's sweetheart.

In 1992, she became a star in the acting world with "The Bodyguard." Despite mixed reviews, the story of a singer (Houston) guarded by a former Secret Service agent (Kevin Costner) was an international success.

It also gave her perhaps her most memorable hit: a searing, stunning rendition of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You," which sat atop the charts for weeks. It was Grammy's record of the year and best female pop vocal, and the "Bodyguard" soundtrack was named album of the year.

She returned to the big screen in 1995-96 with "Waiting to Exhale" and "The Preacher's Wife." Both spawned soundtrack albums, and another hit studio album, "My Love Is Your Love," in 1998, brought her a Grammy for best female R&B vocal for the cut "It's Not Right But It's Okay."

But during these career and personal highs, Houston was using drugs. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2010, she said by the time "The Preacher's Wife" was released, "(doing drugs) was an everyday thing. ... I would do my work, but after I did my work, for a whole year or two, it was every day. ... I wasn't happy by that point in time. I was losing myself."

In the interview, Houston blamed her rocky marriage to Brown, which included a charge of domestic abuse against Brown in 1993. They divorced in 2007.

Houston would go to rehab twice before she would declare herself drug-free to Winfrey in 2010. But in the interim, there were missed concert dates, a stop at an airport due to drugs, and public meltdowns.

She was so startlingly thin during a 2001 Michael Jackson tribute concert that rumors spread she had died the next day. Her crude behavior and jittery appearance on Brown's reality show, "Being Bobby Brown," was an example of her sad decline. Her Sawyer interview, where she declared "crack is whack," was often parodied. She dropped out of the spotlight for a few years.

Houston staged what seemed to be a successful comeback with the 2009 album "I Look To You." The album debuted on the top of the charts, and would eventually go platinum.

Things soon fell apart. A concert to promote the album on "Good Morning America" went awry as Houston's voice sounded ragged and off-key. She blamed an interview with Winfrey for straining her voice.

A world tour launched overseas, however, only confirmed suspicions that Houston had lost her treasured gift, as she failed to hit notes and left many fans unimpressed; some walked out. Canceled concert dates raised speculation that she may have been abusing drugs, but she denied those claims and said she was in great shape, blaming illness for cancellations.

This is too tragic for words. She was such a brilliant talent.

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Wow! What a tragic loss this is :rip:

I am shocked by this! God bless her.

I should've stayed home :(

:rip: Whitney

I should've stayed home :(

:rip: Whitney


Why?

Why?

It just seems like everytime I leave my house even if for only a few minutes, a high-profile celebrity dies. Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and now Whitney. I'm sure there's others.

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I don't consider Robert Hegyes to be a high-profile celebrity and I was home that day.

oh im sorry thought you was somebody else my apologies i heard she was alive home with her family,now she died she was a legendery singer rip

oh im sorry thought you was somebody else my apologies i heard she was alive home with her family,now she died she was a legendery singer rip

That's ok.

It just seems like everytime I leave my house even if for only a few minutes, a high-profile celebrity dies. Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and now Whitney. I'm sure there's others.


That seems like a bit of a stretch to make that connection. Plus, you don't know exactly where you were when any of these people died. All you know is where you were when you first heard about it.

i was here home got a tweet from NCIS Pauly Perrette it comes to my cell straight talk phone saying RIP Whitney houston i quickly turned on the tv

she was one of the very best in her field. the first pop record i heard on the radio that got me into pop music was 'i wanna dance with somebody', back in 1987 when i was 6. that kick-started my love for pop music.

a huge loss to music, i'm shocked. unbelievable.

That seems like a bit of a stretch to make that connection. Plus, you don't know exactly where you were when any of these people died. All you know is where you were when you first heard about it.

That's what I meant, There's no way I could determine exactly where I was the moment they died but I do know where I was when I heard about the passings of most major celebrities during the past 35 + years

Here's the very last known footage of Whitney performing

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Deeply saddened by the news of Whitney's untimely death... :(

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Despite being Dolly Parton's song at first...this shall be Whitney's since she realeased it....

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May she RIP.

She is one of my favorite singers of all time. May she rest in peace now. God bless her for giving us such timeless music and movies. Many condolences to her family and friends.

Brad, I moved this as it's much more than a music story. I am in total shock. What a heartbreak this news is. The first time I ever heard Whitney sing on tv, it was, "Saving All My Love (for you". My husband and I said, almost at the same time, that this singer was going to be a superstar.

She was gorgeous. Her beauty was surpassed only by her enormous talent. It was sad to witness her downfall. Having lost two sisters to substance abuse, these stories hit home hard for me. My first sister passed away the day after Superbowl Sunday in 1991, when Whitney sang the National Anthem. Whenever I see footage of Whitney singing it with her white headband, it brings it all back.

I feel so bad for her young daughter, Bobbi Kristina. She's only 19. It's never a good time to lose our mothers, but entering adulthood with serious relationships, then marriage and babies on the horizon; just seems like an especially cruel time. Prayers for Whitney's soul and for her loved ones. She had the voice of an angel.

:rip: Like my mother said, "What a waste". I just hope Whitney is at peace right now. Her early albums were part of the soundtrack of my childhood.

I can't say that I was a fan (not really into that music), but it's sad when someone dies young.

I didn't expect it.

She was a real icon and I believe her legacy will continue to live on for decades. Her talent was truly unparalleled.

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Very sad. My prayers are with her family at this time. May she rest in peace. :(

Dionne Warwick became a naturalised citizen of Brazil, and this is the price my grandson Jim had to pay for opposing Brazil's 2016 bid and supported Chicago's?

Without a doubt, this is my favorite Whitney Houston song.

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Rest in Peace, Whitney.

Wow, RIP. Forty-eight is young to die at.

Wow, RIP. Forty-eight is young to die at.

Amen to that and I turn 48 in October. :(

I'm sorry to hear about her passing though sadly I wasn't surprised. Whitney lead a very troubled life and her marriage to the even more troubled Bobby Brown didn't make things better. I was not a fan of Whitney's music by any means but I am very sorry that she died so young.

Amen to that and I turn in October. :(

She should have turned 49 in August, which will be during the Third London Olympics.

Wow. I'm just stunned. :(

Despite being Dolly Parton's song at first...this shall be Whitney's since she realeased it....

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May she RIP.

What a tragic lose to the music world, watching that video brought tears to my eyes, she was such a beautiful woman. May god rest her soul and bless her family and friends.

RIP Whitney

Whitney Houston's Body Found in Beverly Hilton Hotel
Posted Feb 11th 2012
by Associated Press


UPDATE: CNN reports that Houston's body was found in her room at the Beverly Hilton hotel by her bodyguard.

Attempts to resuscitate the singer were made by emergency personnel but she did not respond. Her body still remains at the hotel. Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said that Houston was pronounced dead 3:55PM PST in her room on the fourth floor.

"There were no obvious signs of any criminal intent at this time," Rosen states.





Reports also reveal that Whitney Houston's mother spoke to her 20 to 35 minutes before she died.

Veteran singer Dionne Warwick, Houston's cousin, was in contact with her Saturday, speaking about which table they would sit at during Clive Davis' annual Grammy party later that evening.

http://www.theboombox.com/2012/02/11/whitney-houston-dead-dies-at-48/

My heart, my soul, my everything is shattered tonight. The world has lost a truly once in a lifetime talent. Whitney Houston was my Idol before there was a Mariah, a Christina, a Beyonce. Whitney you were ONE OF A KIND. Rest in peace.

My heart, my soul, my everything is shattered tonight. The world has lost a truly once in a lifetime talent. Whitney Houston was my Idol before there was a Mariah, a Christina, a Beyonce. Whitney you were ONE OF A KIND. Rest in peace.very well said she will be missed very very much

Very, very sad and tragic news.

Drugs are a nightmare. Obviously there's no way of knowing if they played any part in Whitney's death, but they did play a part in her downfall after such a wonderful and promising early career.

:rip: Whitney. Heaven has another great voice for it's choir.

I wasn't at all surprised when I first heard this, but am still deeply saddened nonetheless. RIP Whitney Houston!!!

I'm sorry to hear about her death, but not surprised. She was a wonderful singer. My sympathies goes out to her family and friends. May She Rest In Peace. :rip:

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How sad to turn on the morning news and hear this horrible news. Whitney had a unique voice. RIP.

I will always love you, Whitney... :rip:

Unbelievable. :( She was such an amazing singer, not to mention a very beautiful woman. Out of all the female pop singers from the 80's and 90's, she was the best and it wasn't even close. Whenever I think about the 80's, she usually one's of the first things that comes up. She had 7 number one hits in a row. I can't count the number of times I heard "How Will I Know" or "I Want to Dance With Somebody" growing up. So sad. I hope she will be remembered for her music and not the tragic way she died.

R.I.P. Whitney. :( We will always love you.

I wasn't at all surprised when I first heard this, but am still deeply saddened nonetheless. RIP Whitney Houston!!!

Like yourself and a few others here, I was not surprised in the least by the news. Drugs will do this to a person, and they did it to her. She met some bad people, and went right along with everything they wanted to do, whether it was marijuana or rock cocaine.

Great singer, 20 years ago... but a really bad role model.

Tweety, I've heard that she had drug problems long before she met Bobby Brown; that she was into cocaine before she was famous. But Clive Davis and crew worked to give her that "squeaky-clean" image with which we first became acquainted.

Still, it was sad to watch her morph from America's Sweetheart to a punchline. I was really hoping she could kick her demons and make an amazing comeback. No one had a voice like Ms. Houston.

Whitney Houston's 18-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was just rushed to Cedears-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles ... TMZ has learned.

According to our sources ... Bobbi was taken out of the Beverly Hilton, where Whitney died yesterday, on a stretcher.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ police and fire responded to a call for a medical emergency, but would not confirm who was transported.

As TMZ first reported, Bobbi Kristina got into an angry shouting match last night with police officers outside the hotel room where her mother was found dead

Bobbi Christina is Whitney's only child from husband Bobby Brown. Houston and Brown were married in 1992 and divorced in 2007.

Story developing ...

http://www.tmz.com/

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Nice pictures but at the end it should be Saturday instead of Sunday for the day she died.

Whew! I was shocked when I saw the news. It scared me for a minute. I was thrown aback. That girl was like a big sister in my family. A former coworker of mine used to play guitar in her mom's group in the 60's and he remembers Whitney running around backstage as a young child. LOL. I will miss you, Whitney! Love you sweetie!

Still, it was sad to watch her morph from America's Sweetheart to a punchline. I was really hoping she could kick her demons and make an amazing comeback. No one had a voice like Ms. Houston.

Amen!!!

Such very sad news, may she rest in peace.

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Tweety, I've heard that she had drug problems long before she met Bobby Brown; that she was into cocaine before she was famous. But Clive Davis and crew worked to give her that "squeaky-clean" image with which we first became acquainted.

Still, it was sad to watch her morph from America's Sweetheart to a punchline. I was really hoping she could kick her demons and make an amazing comeback. No one had a voice like Ms. Houston.


That does surprise me a little bit, about the prior drug use. But I was fed the same squeaky clean image of her that everyone else was when she started out.

It's hard to know why someone coming from that background would resort to drugs.

It's hard to know why someone coming from that background would resort to drugs.

Being married to Bobby obviously didn't help, of course. What also didn't help was the fact that when they wed in the summer of 1992, her career was still white hot (and I think The Bodyguard and its soundtrack weren't released until the end of that year) and his was fading. I'm still shocked that they stayed together as long as they did.

It's hard to know why someone coming from that background would resort to drugs.

ANYBODY can be affected by drugs, it doesn't matter where you come from, how much money you had or who you are. drugs can kill ANYBODY.

ANYBODY can be affected by drugs, it doesn't matter where you come from, how much money you had or who you are. drugs can kill ANYBODY.

Sad but true - drugs are an equal opportunity destroyer. :(

Like yourself and a few others here, I was not surprised in the least by the news. Drugs will do this to a person, and they did it to her. She met some bad people, and went right along with everything they wanted to do, whether it was marijuana or rock cocaine.

Great singer, 20 years ago... but a really bad role model.

I agree, it's very unfortunate. As someone who has struggled with addiction myself, and was even told I was going to die if I didn't stop, this hits close to home. Fortunately, I had good people surrounding me, who when they found out the severity of my condition, they lied to me, and said that they no longer had access to drugs. They saved my life. Had Whitney had people like that in her life, maybe she would still be here, but being that big, even if many refused to sell them to her, she would obviously be able to get them elsewhere. The trappings of a Hollywood celebrity can be so sad. I feel the worst for her daughter, who I hear is not taking this well. She is in my prayers!!

she was one of the very best in her field. the first pop record i heard on the radio that got me into pop music was 'i wanna dance with somebody', back in 1987 when i was 6. that kick-started my love for pop music.

a huge loss to music, i'm shocked. unbelievable.
i'm saddened her death . i listened to her music as a child. rip-whitney. we all loved you.

I haven't been on the boards since Saturday. I went to bed early Saturday and woke up at 4 am Sunday. When I turned on the news I was flabbergasted. What a tragic loss. But her legacy will live on through all her wonderful music.

All of the NYC newspaper headlines I've been reading here say "From Triumph to Tragedy" and "Whitney Dies Broke".

One article hear mentioned that she had to borrow "a measly" $100.00 from friends to support herself.

Was she really this bad? I admit I don't know much about her because I didn't follow her life/career.

All of the NYC newspaper headlines I've been reading here say "From Triumph to Tragedy" and "Whitney Dies Broke".

One article hear mentioned that she had to borrow "a measly" $100.00 from friends to support herself.

Was she really this bad? I admit I don't know much about her because I didn't follow her life/career.

I really dont think she was broke. I just got through watching an entertainment program and it was talking about her last film, I think its called Sparkle. Anyway, during the ending of filming the movie, it said that they were gonna have to stop production because they were running out of money, but Whitney stepped in and wrote a two million dollar check so they could finish the film.

My dad said she was broke before she died. If that's true, that's sad. He said he heard that on the news. I wouldn't be surprised if she was broke. I hear so many stories about black celebrities being broke and it's pathetic. I watched a old interview on Youtube with Marvin Gaye when he was on Ebony Jet Showcase and he was being interviewed by black radio dj Tom Joyner. Marvin talked about being broke and i shook my head. He said he owed the IRS money and he had two divorces. I know Whitney's fans wanna blame Bobby Brown for ruining her marriage but nobody can force you to do anything. He may have asked her if she wanted to do drugs and she could've said no. I even heard that she did drugs with r&b singer Chaka Khan because my dad said that Chaka said she did drugs with Whitney. I'm gonna miss her. She was very beautiful and she had a nice voice. I wasn't a fan of her music but i like some of her songs. I got her first album and she got a couple of songs on there i like such as You Give Good Love and Thinking About You. I didn't know jazz singer George Benson did Greatest Love Of All song she did. My dad told me George sang it first. She did a duet with Jermaine Jackson i like called Take Good Care Of My Heart. I also like her remake of Chaka Khan's I'm Every Woman and i like her One Of Those Days and Where Do Broken Hearts Go songs. I like her duet with Bobby Brown called Something In Common. I bought my mom Whitney's greatest hits cd and The Bodyguard soundtrack cd today for her birthday and i also bought her Whitney's The Bodyguard and Waiting To Exhale movies today.

These days almost everyone is broke. We are in a depression, remember?
While I agree that folks have to take responsibility for their drug addictions I do not think celebrities going broke is a black thing. Many famous people from all walks of life, (and ethnicities), fall on hard times too. To say it's b/c someone is black is unfair and ignorant, especially when someone is dead and can't defend themselves.

Isiah thinks everything is a black or white thing.

Well, sorry if I was a little harsh. Rereading the post, it seems to be more of an observation than a judgement. Maybe I was the one judging. Sorry again, but

Whitney you were one of the greats and I will always remember you having the world in your hand ~back in the day. Who could ever know what to do with it??

She will always be young, beautiful and talented and such is how I choose to remember her.

AKA, you're right that i bring up racism a lot because whether you believe it or not, racism still exists and it always will. Mystery Daisy, i rarely hear about white celebrities, asian celebrities, hispanic celebrities being broke. I always hear about black celebrities being broke because they don't know how to manage their money. Didn't you mean to say we're in a recession instead of depression? LOL.

AKA, you're right that i bring up racism a lot because whether you believe it or not, racism still exists and it always will.
I don't deny that. Racism is a terrible thing, and it will probably never go away. But you seem to use the fact that you're a black man as a crutch. This may be easy for me to say as a non-minority, but I think you'll go a lot further in life if you quit looking at everything as a black people vs. white people issue.

Black celebrities don't end up broke; people up going broke.

Mystery Daisy, i rarely hear about white celebrities, asian celebrities, hispanic celebrities being broke. I always hear about black celebrities being broke because they don't know how to manage their money.

Here's a list of celebrities and historical figures who have gone broke.

Stephen Baldwin
Kim Basinger
Lorraine Bracco
Bjorn Borg
Gary Busey
Jose Canseco
David Cross
John DeLorean
Walt Disney
Sarah, Duchess of York (Sarah Ferguson)
Mick Fleetwood
Henry Ford
Judy Garland
Andy Gibb
Gary Glitter
Merle Haggard
Dorothy Hamill
H.J. Heinz
Milton Snavely Hershey
Billy Joel
Sir Elton John
Don Johnson
George Jones
Margot Kidder
Larry King
Cyndi Lauper
President Abraham Lincoln
Jerry Lee Lewis
Meat Loaf
Ed McMahon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Vince Neil
Willie Nelson
Wayne Newton
Ted Nugent
Johnny Paycheck
Tom Petty
Lynn Redgrave
Burt Reynolds
Mickey Rooney
Anna Nicole Smith
Donald Trump
Mark Twain
Johnny Unitas
Oscar Wilde
Tammy Wynette

Yep. All black people. That certainly looks like the cast list of a Tyler Perry movie to me.

Seriously, hopefully this will wake you up to the fact that black people aren't the only people with problems.

Sorry i didn't realize all those non-black celebrities are broke. I know other races besides blacks have problems but blacks have always been sh*tted on in america for so long and i guess that's why i always bring up racism when i have conversations with people on here about blacks problems that seem to be worse than whites problems.

Bad things happen to everyone. I'm white and live under the poverty line.

You're unemployed?

Sorry i didn't realize all those non-black celebrities are broke. I know other races besides blacks have problems but blacks have always been sh*tted on in america for so long and i guess that's why i always bring up racism when i have conversations with people on here about blacks problems that seem to be worse than whites problems.

Look, bottom line is this. No matter what race you are, everybody has problems, everybody has hard times, everybody makes mistakes and has issues to overcome.

Whitney's race had nothing to do with her many personal problems; the issues she faces had to do with making poor choices, getting involved with drugs and trusting the wrong people.

We can debate from here to the moon what race has more issues to overcome, but that will get us nowhere, because it is not a discussion that can be won. Everybody has strong opinions on the subject and nothing helpful comes out of going back and forth.

that's just my two cents! hope it helped.

Bad things happen to everyone. I'm white and live under the poverty line.

You're unemployed?
He doesn't have to be unemployed to be poor. There are plenty of people who work and are still poor.

You're unemployed?
Yes. I'm disabled, and live off of Social Security.

No offense to Whitney fans, but Dolly Parton sang 'I Will Always Love You' so much better!

No offense to Whitney fans, but Dolly Parton sang 'I Will Always Love You' so much better!
I like both versions :)

I like both versions :)

Actually, yes. They were both good in their own ways. Just that so many give Whitney credit for the song, but Dolly wrote and sang it first. I just prefer Dolly's more intimate version, sort of the way the song implies. But Whitney Houston did have a good voice at times.

I don't deny that. Racism is a terrible thing, and it will probably never go away. But you seem to use the fact that you're a black man as a crutch. This may be easy for me to say as a non-minority, but I think you'll go a lot further in life if you quit looking at everything as a black people vs. white people issue.

Black celebrities don't end up broke; people up going broke.



Here's a list of celebrities and historical figures who have gone broke.

Stephen Baldwin
Kim Basinger
Lorraine Bracco
Bjorn Borg
Gary Busey
Jose Canseco
David Cross
John DeLorean
Walt Disney
Sarah, Duchess of York (Sarah Ferguson)
Mick Fleetwood
Henry Ford
Judy Garland
Andy Gibb
Gary Glitter
Merle Haggard
Dorothy Hamill
H.J. Heinz
Milton Snavely Hershey
Billy Joel
Sir Elton John
Don Johnson
George Jones
Margot Kidder
Larry King
Cyndi Lauper
President Abraham Lincoln
Jerry Lee Lewis
Meat Loaf
Ed McMahon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Vince Neil
Willie Nelson
Wayne Newton
Ted Nugent
Johnny Paycheck
Tom Petty
Lynn Redgrave
Burt Reynolds
Mickey Rooney
Anna Nicole Smith
Donald Trump
Mark Twain
Johnny Unitas
Oscar Wilde
Tammy Wynette

Yep. All black people. That certainly looks like the cast list of a Tyler Perry movie to me.

Seriously, hopefully this will wake you up to the fact that black people aren't the only people with problems.
http://i44.tinypic.com/1z687eq.jpg

I like both versions :)

IMO Whitneys version is way better.

IMO Whitneys version is way better.

If you like the sound of a car horn, yes.

BOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Whitney Houston's last will and testament have been revealed.

Whitney's 19-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina will receive all of her mother’s money, furniture, clothing, personal effects, jewelry and cars.

Houston’s riches will be placed in a trust until Bobbi turns 21. She will receive a portion at 21, more when she turns 25 and the full sum on her 30th birthday.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/whitney-houston-death-will-bobbi-kristina-bobby-brown-297517

The official cause of death has been revealed: Accidental Drowning.

The drowning is being attributed to atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/whitney-houston-cause-death-cocaine-toxicology-results-299056

Very sad but so not surprising. :(