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On Eve of the Grammys, Whitney Houston Dies at Age 48

Whitney Houston Dies at 48

(The Blaze/AP) — 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.

Before Super Bowl XXV and in midst of the Persian Gulf War, Houston sang the national anthem, which has since been heralded as one of the best performances in the history of the event.

 

UPDATE (9:03 p.m.)

The Los Angeles Times has confirmed that Houston’s body was found at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. Cause of death is still unknown. Houston was to be among the A-list performers planning to attend veteran music mogul Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy party Saturday at the Beverly Hilton hotel.

UPDATE (9:13 p.m.)

CNN is reporting that police say Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. pacific time and there had been unsuccessful attempts to resuscitate.

UPDATE (9:19 p.m.)

AP Video on Houston’s death and career:

UPDATE (9:27 p.m.)

(AP) Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen told KABC-TV that Houston died in her room on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hilton. Her body remained in the hotel and Beverly Hills detectives were investigating. Houston’s publicist, Kristen Foster, said Saturday that the cause of her death was unknown.

UPDATE (9:36 p.m.)

Flo Anthony is reporting on Fox News Channel that Houston was found in the bath tub of her hotel room by her brother Michael, cause of death is still unknown. Ray J, a rapper who has been connected to Houston, was not in the room.

 

 

UPDATE (9:45 p.m.)

PEOPLE reports that upon hearing the news of Houston’s death, her ex-husband Bobby Brown began immediately calling friends and family.

“He wanted to tell everyone about it before it hit the news,” one of his relatives tells PEOPLE. “He didn’t want any of us to hear about it on television.”

As Brown spoke to family members, the shock of Houston’s sudden death turned to grief. “He could hardly get the words out when he called me,” says the relative. “He was sobbing, and by the end of the call, I was sobbing too. He’s beside himself right now.”

Brown has had no official comment on the death of Houston. Brown is in Memphis, where he is currently located for a New Edition concert.

 

 

 

 

 

UPDATE (10:16 p.m.)

The Los Angeles Times reports that paramedics performed CPR for about 20 minutes before declaring the pop star dead. Authorities said they don’t have a cause of death.

“Nothing obvious at this time,” Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen told reporters at a news conference. “No signs of foul play.”

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  • ILUVJESUS
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:31pm

    Drugs are of the devil.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:33pm

      Yes, but at the end of the day the person that chose to try the drugs was the one who made the bad decision.

      Free will. It is a bitch.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:33pm

      If drugs are of the devil than so is a rock or a piece of paper.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:41pm

      @ ILUVJESUS

      Drugs are of the devil.
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      I think what you really mean is that drugs are a “tool” of the Devil. Still, it takes two to tango. Firearms are a tool as well, it just depends on the person behind the trigger that makes it a “tool” of the Devil.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:42pm

      Has Santorum given a statement yet on her death?

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    • MitchRappInCharge
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:00pm

      I know many people are assuming this death was the results of drugs….and it may well have been, but at this moment, the cause of death has not been reported.

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:03pm

      Her rendition of the National Anthem in the Super Bowl was the greatest of all time. It wont ever be matched

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:10pm

      The cause of death is birth…

      Mr. J. Krishnamurti

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    • WAKEUPUSA2012
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:10pm

      Rip

      Report Post » WAKEUPUSA2012  
    • TheCoffinMaker
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:21pm

      In most states, the police get to keep the spoils from drug dealers when they’re busted.

      Cops don’t bother drug dealers crossing the border with illegal drugs, they let them deliver.

      It’s only when the dealers are heading back south, with the cash, do cops stop them.

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    • Jackie Rogers, Jr.
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:25pm

      @THE-MONK,
      D-u-u-u-u-u-d-e!!!!

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    • The Third Archon
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:49pm

      “If drugs are of the devil than so is a rock or a piece of paper.”
      Or aspirin, or the chemicals the make your brain do what it does for that matter–how do you think drugs work? The answer is by affecting biochemistry; many of these so-called illicit “drugs” are simply materials your body produces naturally and needs–drugs simply change the balances, and in fact whether they are “good” or “bad” in their effects is totally subjective because it requires a judgment as to what is a “desirable” state of chemical balance–do we say that people are “bad” because they take aspirin to modify their biochemistry and alleviate a headache? No. How is that different than eating chocolate to release dopamine, or a cigarette or joint to do the same thing?

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:50pm

      @Jackie Rogers, Jr.
      I was going to say that perhaps she was reading the Ebony magazine article about Samuel L. Jackson saying that he only voted for Obama because he was black and she choked on some food she was eating and no one with her knew the Heimlich maneuver.

      Instead, I said a Monk saying that has a lot of meaning if you think about it. Once you are born are destined to die… birth is always the “first cause” of death. You can’t escape it; it’s a Law. It’s what you make of Life that keeps living and sets one apart from death. Drug use is not a legacy one should leave as a reminder to one’s Life work and everyone is assuming drugs as the “cause of death”. A Monk always thinks of “first cause” first….. just a habit I guess.

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    • Miami
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:53pm

      TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:41pm

      I think what you really mean is that drugs are a “tool” of the Devil. Still, it takes two to tango. Firearms are a tool as well, it just depends on the person behind the trigger that makes it a “tool” of the Devil.

      —————————————————————-

      The problem with your theory is there’s no good that comes of drug use but guns can save lives.

      Guns are just tools as are knives, clubs and bricks, anything could can be used to take a life.

      Drugs fall into temptations like alcohol, gambling and philandering. It all depends on the human weakness, some can control their use or practices and some can’t.

      Report Post » Miami  
    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:02pm

      @Miami
      I caught HA-SARS at a very nasty nursing home while working on a computer. Cut my finger under the nail while trying to remove the cover and almost lost my entire finger tip. Drugs saved my finger. Drugs, like guns, can be for good or bad. It all depends upon how they are used and for what purpose.

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    • Lotus503
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:04pm

      Drugs and alcohol…the downfall of many great entertainers…

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:08pm

      @ MIAMI

      The problem with your theory is there’s no good that comes of drug use but guns can save lives.
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      You‘re implying that drugs can’t save lives. What I’m saying is that it depends on the implementation of the tool. Any tool, misused, has the potential to be a tool of the Devil.

      It’s the misuse that causes the problem, not the use.

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    • JohnofOregon
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:14pm

      How is Obama going to spin this so it about him?

      Maybe he will name a ship after her, being a victim of drugs and all.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:15pm

      In the end, how much money and fame you have doesn’t matter. I hope she will finally find the peace that seemed to elude her in life – God speed.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:17pm

      @TSUNAMI-22
      Once again you are absolutely correct. How have you been doing?

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    • onthefrontline
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:17pm

      I Can still remember Her singing at The XXV Super Bowl….
      That was the GREATEST EVER !!!!! God Bless Her………

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    • jzs
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:43pm

      She had one of the great voices. She had the talent to spare and was gorgeous besides. She didn‘t need the money I’m sure, but could have pursued her every love, until old age, something most of us envy. I hope depression and self-medication didn’t end her life. That would be so horribly sad.

      My regret about here career was that she never did a duet with Dolly Parton of “I will always love you.” Still, we will always love you Whitney.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:54pm

      Whitney had a great voice but made horrible choices when she turned to drugs. May her daughter find some peace in the years ahead.

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    • 1947
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:54pm

      So was her EX …..He took her down …..The DEVIL is coming to get HIM…. Lord she was one of BEST

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 11:03pm

      Word has it that Whitney Houston was eating dinner and reading Samuel L. Jackson’s Ebony article and choked on her food. No one was around to perform the Heimlich maneuver. No drugs involved. Just Samuel L. Jackson’s Ebony article.

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    • mils
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 11:19pm

      NO drugs are not the devil.
      ..when you freely choose to do the drugs.
      Her voice was a wonderful gift, to all of us.

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    • MYHEROISRON
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 11:21pm

      Oh man, this isn’t happening …

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 11:59pm

      This may come as a earth shattering revelation but we wrestle not against principalties and powers but against evil. Each of us is born in the image of God. Satan is constantly at work trying to destroy that image. She and millions of others have given over freewill to the enemy and thus given themselves over to death apart from Gods eternity in Heaven. Few find the road to salvation because that road is narrow and few find it, but the road to destruction is wide and many will travel there.

      Don’t attack Whitney but Evil!

      Evil comes at us in blinding beauty. Jesus came as a extremely humble man, in a manger, from a town no one cared much about, a carpenters son, he was never described as appearing beautiful. Learn the differences people and fast.

      Read your Bible today!……

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    • colt1860
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 12:01am

      @Miami Doctors and Physicians use drugs all the time. If drugs kill people, then my pencil misspells words.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 12:14am

      It’s 9 PM in Los Angeles and the pre-Grammy party, at the same hotel were Whitney Houston is laying dead in her 4th floor room, is starting. All the cel-libs are there, the red carpet is out, the limo’s are pulling up and a crime scene on the 4th floor. Only libs or cel-libs would still hold a party at a time like this in the same hotel with the deceased still present. Maybe they will pull an OWS and invade the crime scene? I hope not but, one can never tell what progressives will do. They are insane.

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    • robgc1
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 12:53am

      soo sad what a great singer…may she rest in peace

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    • Beltfeed
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 1:15am

      Look in the mirror before you judge someone else. We all sin.

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    • AmericanFightingMan1
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 1:49am

      Sometimes the body gives out.

      RIP young lady.

      Enjoy life. Fight evil.

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 2:00am

      Who cares how she died. She has gone.

      The world was a better place for her being in it, and is now a little lesser for her passing.

      It is a very sad day.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 2:02am

      @ChiefGeorge
      The Branching of the Road….
      When you come to the place where the branch in the road is quite apparent, you cannot go ahead. You must go either one way or the other. For now if you go straight ahead, the way you went before you reached the branch, you will go nowhere. The whole purpose of coming this far was to decide which branch you will take now. The way you came no longer matters. It can no longer serve.

      No one who reaches this far can make the wrong decision, but he can delay. And there is no part of the journey that seems more hopeless and futile than standing where the road branches, and not deciding on which way to go.

      It is but the first few steps along the right way that seem hard, for you have chosen, although you still may think you can go back and make the other choice. This is not so. A choice made with the power of Heaven to uphold it cannot be undone. Your way is decided. There will be nothing you will not be told, if you acknowledge this.

      And so you and your brother stand, here in this holy place, before the veil of sin that hangs between you and the face of Christ. Let it be lifted! Raise it together, for it is but a veil that stands between you. Either alone will see it as a solid block, nor realize how thin the drapery that separates you now. Yet it is almost over in your awareness, and peace has reached you even here, before the veil.

      She choose the wrong path but, will surely return again to choose again.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 2:30am

      @ The-Monk

      Once again you are absolutely correct. How have you been doing?
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Just taking it one day at a time, man. Buying ammo, trying to educate my family and others close to me, practicing, praying for strength and compassion, hoping for the best but expecting the worst.

      You?

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    • Miami
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 3:03am

      TSUNAMI-22

      Okay,

      Please explain what good comes from Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Heroin, LSD. PCP or Meth. The only possible drug that could be legalized without the unraveling society would be Marijuana

      Report Post » Miami  
    • Miami
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 3:10am

      The-Monk

      So do tell what Narcotic saved your finger?

      Last I heard Antibiotics are not considered drugs…. Nice try

      Report Post » Miami  
    • Miami
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 3:49am

      colt1860

      If you can distinguish between Antibiotics, Medication, prescribed Narcotics and illicit drugs? I’d say you have more than a spelling problem with your pencil.

      No reputable doctor would not give out Narcotics without a serious need and even then it’s only in limited amounts. Yes, there are those who fail their oath but there are bad apples in every bunch. That’s the price of a free society, people need to be responsible for their actions and if they do harm to others they should pay the price.

      How was it Beretta use to say, “Don‘t do the crime if you can’t do the time”

      Report Post » Miami  
    • Miami
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 3:59am

      Ironic I know…

      Report Post » Miami  
    • BrianM
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 7:05am

      Tsunami said it: Free will is a bitch. On a lighter note I hope Bobby Brown is proud of himself.

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    • Macman1138
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 7:45am

      Yeah, such a shame too.
      I heard she was up for a Peace Prize this year.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 7:52am

      In the end she was just another girl, a daughter, sister, cousin, niece, wife, and mother. She had all of the strengths and weaknesses that all have. She had a talent, singing. Others are cooks, doctors, waitresses, lawyers, maids, and teachers. In the end, no difference.
      We place far too much significance on those who entertain, when in the end, they are no different, no more important. Her’s is just another life turned tragically wrong, a theme played out everyday.
      Sad, and sad for everybody…

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    • loriann12
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 8:09am

      If you abuse drugs, it doesn’t have to be an overdose that kills you. It can be the wear and tear on the body because of the drugs. As they used to say where I’m from, rode hard and put away wet. That refers to a horse, if you ride him hard, you have to wipe him down and cool him off before you put him away, not just put him away. It shortens his life.

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 9:05am

      .
      She had beauty, fame, money, and talent.
      Yet, the lure of drugs was too strong.
      She threw her life away.
      Sad.

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    • On The Bayou
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 9:18am

      People smoke crack because they like it. Very few can shake the addiction. Money and fame doesn`t matter if you are an addict. Thirty years into it proved to much this famous Crack Head.

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 9:21am

      .
      Hey Whitney,
      Did you thank Obama for all he did for you and the black family?

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    • crackerone
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 9:44am

      The OWS people will be happy! Another 1%’er gone!

      B O will be happy! They can redistribute her estate!

      It’s a win-win for these ^-*****!

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    • Manchurian.Candidate
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 9:55am

      @The Monk (and your clones/clowns),
      The way you spin and distort a story is simply unbelievable. You are so incredibly disrespectful it makes reasonable people want to vomit. You are a crass, witless and boorish oaf.
      It’s not surprising that you would somehow make a stupid (not funny) joke of this woman’s death by relating it to your racist doctrine (S.L.Jackson) and your ignorance. You think you‘re smart and funny but you’re neither. You’re a illmannered and unrefined. You and you’re kind are nothing but a gang of vulgar, graceless, snot nosed imbeciles.
      I pity you.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 9:57am

      Wow! Only 48?! Cocaine really makes you look like crap before you die.

      If a Medal of Honor recepient from WWII died today, whould the MSM and most of America care? Why do we care so much when a mega rich dope addict built by MTV dies? Even worse, a child molesting freak like Michael Jackson can die, and everyone gets all teary eyed. Makes me sick.

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    • Manchurian.Candidate
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 10:01am

      Ranger,
      I rest my case.

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 10:02am

      Another person who died too young and enslaved by drugs. A very sad day.

      I know I shouldn‘t be shocked but I just can’t believe how the shallow self absorbed lost souls of Hollywood continued with their party last night after learning of Whitney Houston’s death and will continue with the party at the Grammys tonight.

      Speaks volumes to me.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 10:09am

      @Miami I’m against all drugs, even legal ones. See my other comments below. As with alcohol, of course, whenever anything is abused and used to cause harm to others, or to endanger the public peace, Law Enforcement should detain those who act violent or transgress the rights of others, bring them to trial, and have Judges rule the matter with exact judgement, and without respect to persons (status, occupation, education, etc.). Drugs are drugs though. One kid can get an over the counter medicine, or even spray can of some sort, get high on it, and if he over does it, can die. It comes down to personal responsibility. If anything should be done, it should be what this preacher did:

      I strongly encourage everyone to watch the following sermon, The Cause Within You:

      (Go to the page and click on “Week 3”): http://newspring.cc/series/newspring-welcomes/

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    • SLAPTHELEFT
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 10:34am

      Sad end to a sad story. Not really a fan, but watching that train wreck for the past twenty years, something had to give. Hard to believe that you die of natural causes and wind up in the bathtub.

      So now the legend talk begins- just as michael “i like sleeping with little boys” jackson.

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    • byehlik
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 10:38am

      This is sad yet again extreme talent squandered because of poor personal decisions. Everyone is going to blame everything else for her demise, when in the end, it is her poor decisions.

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    • SLAPTHELEFT
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 10:47am

      Hey manchurian

      You never made a case. You just spouted off the same crap that you post on every story. Self absorption.

      Ranger, Im with you. Its typically lefties who worship these losers because of their celebrity. Whitney wouldnt have given two craps if I had just burned to death wth my family in our home. Yet the world mourns now for this crack smoking diva? And now were racist because we are not getting all teary eyed. The last WW1 vet died the other day. Barely a peep about that.

      But go ahead manchurian, keep writing the same thing in every thread. maybe youll eventually make your case. Best of luck to you. Just call us racists and throw out your personal attacks. Thats all youve got.

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    • TROONORTH
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 11:08am

      How sad, that with all that talent, her life story will end up being just another cautionary tale about the evils of drugs. Nobody will remember the talent, or the person. But for ever more the name of Whitney Houston, will be linked with the story of failure and drugs.

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    • Sirfoldallot
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 11:15am

      just say NO 2 drugs.

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    • Manchurian.Candidate
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 11:27am

      Slappy-,
      Not one of you have any idea what killed this woman. It could have been a heart defect, a brain hemorrhage, a blood clot,… you have no idea. Your opinions are based on speculation alone. But you jump on the band wagon and condemn her for her personal problems that she struggled to overcome and apparently had. You guys FEED like HYENAS on the misery of others and then pass judgement as though you somehow have the divine authority to do so. All too easy for you to do when the person is no longer around and can’t defend themselves against your scorn. To me, that is the calling card of a coward and ignoramus. Your holier than thou attitude is a dead give away to the kind of mindset people like you possess. Closed and infected.
      Celebrity means nothing. I admire and respect people with talent and ability and who recognize those gifts and devote their lives to creating art and things of beauty that EVERYONE can enjoy. I admire people who offer something GOOD and can share it with the world.
      What do you contribute other than condemnation, hostility and rage?

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 11:36am

      Her song that she was going to sing tonight was, “Jesus Loves Me”.

      She was one of the greatest gospel singers. RIP

      Life is short…at any age.

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    • Manchurian.Candidate
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 11:38am

      Slappy-,
      You asked for my point,…Here’s my point:
      THE-MONK
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 12:14am
      It’s 9 PM in Los Angeles and the pre-Grammy party, at the same hotel were Whitney Houston is laying dead in her 4th floor room, is starting. All the cel-libs are there, the red carpet is out, the limo’s are pulling up and a crime scene on the 4th floor. Only libs or cel-libs would still hold a party at a time like this in the same hotel with the deceased still present. Maybe they will pull an OWS and invade the crime scene? I hope not but, one can never tell what progressives will do. They are insane.
      THE-MONK
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:50pm
      @Jackie Rogers, Jr.
I was going to say that perhaps she was reading the Ebony magazine article about Samuel L. Jackson saying that he only voted for Obama because he was black and she choked on some food she was eating and no one with her knew the Heimlich maneuver.

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    • SLAPTHELEFT
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 11:40am

      Anger hostility and rage? I feel none of those emotions over the death of someone I dont know. She may have been your favorite artist, but she wasnt mine. But you are right, people are always found dead in the bathtub, probably natural causes. We can put things together and form an opinion. twenty years of cocaine addiction allows us to assume that her death was drug related.

      But back to you, sparky. You are a self absorbed, sanctimonious occupier. If you dislike us so much why not go hang out with your occupy buddies? If it makes you uncomfortable to read our posts, why would you torment yourself listening to our uneducated, backwoods, hillbilly, racist posts? Are you a glutton for punishment? The only anger and rage seems to be coming from you due to our lack of giving a damn about someone we didnt know. How many people died last night from various causes and you havent thought twice about them? You have no credibility and your alinsky tactics are tired and used. Alinsky is just an old dead white guy.

      Now get back under your tarp for some lice infested occupy love.

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    • goldmind
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 11:53am

      Fame poisons everything it touches. It steals identity, and turns its victims into compliant idiots. Slaves to their fans and the media merchants who peddle their talents until they are spent and useless. Every second of their lives is measured in dollars, and no sense. Whitney Houston, was murdered. That’s right…murdered by those very rogue elements in the industry and the public that care little about the life of the artist, and more about the bottom line for themselves. Her fans, dedicated as long as there were no cracks in her style and performance. Another casualty of slop culture. And now, we’ll listen to a slew of ******** eulogies from those who loved her when she filled their pockets and stadiums, but were no where to be found as she spiraled into death’s embrace.
      Bye bye, Whitney…”the beat goes on…” and many more frail and unknowing victims will join you in that insatiable quest for glory which has only one color…green.

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    • Red Meat
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 12:56pm

      One less Obama voter.

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    • Miami
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 1:18pm

      colt1860

      That’s all good,

      I see that we agree on much.

      I do distinguish between a doctor prescribed for necessity and a person’s self indulgence for “pleasure”.

      Not forgiving the bad doctors that fail their duties by dulling out drugs to please addicted patients, they’re as bad as dealers. But there are good doctors and necessary medications that help the human condition.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 2:33pm

      @ MIAMI

      After reading your last post to me it seems that you believe that I believe that I’m condoning illicit drug use.

      Miami, I think you know exactly what I mean when I talk about the abuse of anything as being bad. Putting words in my mouth is beneath you, and frankly I’m a little perturbed by the insinuation that I draw the same narrative between helpful uses of substances, and recreational abuses of substances.

      C’mon, you’re smarter than that.

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 2:41pm

      .
      How long before the Navy names a ship after her?

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    • rangerp
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 2:54pm

      copied this from a military friend’s facebook page. Very well stated.

      I didn‘t lose a wink of sleep over Whitney Houston’s death last night, nor will I ever. Nor Michael Jackson, Jim Morrisson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, etc. I DO lose sleep all of the time over my friend’s deaths, who came WAY too early, NOT as the results of having too much and partying too hard, but for taking oaths that may require them to lose their lives so that others may live. If you keep putting about Whitney Houston’s death being a “tragedy”, please evaluate what is important to you. If it’s all of the “stars” in Hollywood and how they live their lives, you’ll never make a difference in this world.

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    • Buster_Highman
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 4:02pm

      Wait!!!
      I thought that when Obama was elected, He would heal the world of all its afflictions. I thought that when we got Obamacare no one would ever die anymore. This story has to be a FAKE!

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    • survivorseed
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 5:24pm

      And yet RangerP, your next post will be telling everyone how you’re a real deal christian. I thought real deal christians forgave other christians no matter what. CINO I say.

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    • db321
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 5:30pm

      Addiction is a horrible demon – it took the life and the voice out of one of the greatest female singers of all time. Every time, I watch the video of the Star Spangle Banner – it brings tears to my eyes – I have not heard anyone ever come close to topping her performance. Thank You Whitney – may you rest in peace, and may God comfort all who morn your passing.

      If she asked Jesus to forgive her he will – not sure if all the so called people who say they are Christians will forgive her, but that doesn’t matter – God is the only one that counts.

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    • P C BE DAMNED
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 8:40pm

      These are some of the dumbest comments on here I have ever heard.
      Bobby Brown was her downfall. She married him and with all his drug abuse and childish living she finally broke at having a descent life and decided to just plain outdo him. Well she lived harder than old Bobby could and is dead. Now Bobby are you happy at what you did. FOOL

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    • rangerp
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 10:25pm

      @survivorseed

      Not sure where you are coming from. W. Houston does not need my forgiveness, she never wronged me. I do hope she was a christian, and is in peace. I have no desire for anyone to experience hell.

      The book of James tell us that you will know Christian by their works, and from what I see (and my sight is limited) Houston was not living a life know for Christian works. Grace saves, works shows that you are saved.

      I think you missed the point of many on here. We do no celebrate the death of a Houston a Michale Jackson, or the rest of the MTV crowd. We do see America as having a sickness, where we celebrate and make heroes of evil and miserable people (on drugs, molesters of children….) and we ignore real heroes who live regular lives, but do great things for their fellow man and nation.

      If a war hero dies today, it is not national news. If a career police officers gets killed in the line of duty, it does not make news like Houston or another MTV personalities death. When a local pastor who pastored one church for 40 years, and spent a life time helping the common man, and seeing souls saved, does the media care? or do regular american care? It seems we are preoccupied with rock and rollers and sports people and actors from Hollywood.

      On a parallel, I can not turn on the news without hearing about Kardishians, J -Lo, Brittany, Lohan…… and a whole hose of other dope heads and losers. It is a sign of the times in which we live.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:30pm

    .
    Crack Kill’s……Way to Go Bobby Brown………….

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    • shagstar
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:06pm

      alway’s blame someone else to justify your own stupidity! she has been doing this crap for years! such a waste of gifted talent again in hollywierd!

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    • WOO-WOO-GrammarPolice-PullOver
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:13pm

      But bad grammar is forever.

      After your daytime job as a commenter here, do you moonlight as a Blaze “writer”?

      Just kiddin’. Bad grammar is not forever. I have faith in you. You can do it. Keep trying.

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:59pm

      Maybe it is a new trend are the blacks ashamed and disgusted with Barry.
      In case you missed this earlier about 2 wks ago
      Don Cornelius Dead of Apparent Suicide
      http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/soul-train-creator-don-cornelius-dead-of-apparent-suicide-20120201

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    • goldmind
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 12:09pm

      Crack, didn’t kill me? People kill. very efficiently, I might add.

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    • Buster_Highman
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 4:39pm

      @Grammer Po-leece

      wow you must half a lot a spare time on you’re hands. theirs so much bad grammer on the internet that you must half to be awake 24 ours a day to catch it all. keep up the good work officer.

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    • P C BE DAMNED
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 8:45pm

      Mark Twain once said ” I don’t give a damn for a man who can only spell a work one way”. I feel the same way about grammar. If you can do better then fine if not damn the grammar police.

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  • mastercabinetman
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:28pm

    Hey Bobby Brown, you must be real proud of yourself. You ruined that woman, guess you better break out that crack pipe and torch some more. I hope she rests in peace.

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    • 1me2ao
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:44pm

      That is not going unchecked. She chose to smoke it and no one forced her.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:50pm

      1ME2AO
      In some circles a woman has less of a choice than you seem to think; even here in America.

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    • MitchRappInCharge
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:55pm

      She ruined herself. Nobody told her to do the things she did. She knew right from wrong. She was a grown woman. By the way….I realize most assume this death was drug related and it may have been, but at this moment the reason of the death has not been reported.

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:43pm

      GREENWOOD. I just choose to trust Jesus and take him at his WORD. John 3-16

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    • Hkitty
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:30pm

      Not sure why everyone is blaming Bobbi Brown. Yes, it was pretty well known they both had drug problems but she had been separated from him for a while. She was recently dating this dude named Ray J. He had also dated Kim Kardashian when their “intimate” moments were “leaked” to an unsuspecting universe. It just seems like sleazy stuff happens when this guy is around. There, my blazin conspiracy is out.

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 12:29am

      Why blame Bobby Brown? She could have left him the day the first red flag went up.
      We all choose to do the things we do. You can‘t blame anyone for anything you’re not a victim of.

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 11:44am

      Sad to say that she, on Opera, stated that she was convicted by the bible to stay with BB, “a man…Shall Cleave Unto His Wife

      She tried to make it a go Biblical…but when he spit in her face, in front of her child…she had had enough and took the phone and hit Bobby in the head…blood did flow.

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  • txjb
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:28pm

    ‘If’, she was not born again , all this rest in peace and may God bless is useless , sorry to say !

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:47pm

      Does not GOD judge one’s heart?
      Just asking..

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    • Cesium
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:57pm

      I’m not born again. I’m a Jew. Straight to hell for me!!! woo hoo!

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    • MitchRappInCharge
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:59pm

      Obviously I do not know her personally and only God knows for sure, but Whitney did grow up in a religous upbringing environment. She has spoke in the past about her salvation and her love of Christ. Obviously her walk with Christ has been on a very bumpy road as it is with all people during varous times of our lives. I pray she was saved as I pray that all people get saved.

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:00pm

      She was saved once. And once is all it takes. God is so good

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    • 13th Generation American
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:03pm

      What a horrible comment, and who made you the authority on anything. You’re a disgusting person.

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    • bikerr
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:09pm

      @Cesium–Didn’t the Jews kill Jesus once?,How’d that work out?.To cheer about a belief you’ll go to hell is well…..You’ll find out.

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    • Charles
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:13pm

      It was sad to see her lose her talent long before her time. May she rest in peace. I hope the tragedy of her life leads young people away from drug and alcohol abuse. That may be the silver lining to this cloud.

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    • Twinspeedr
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:15pm

      Well, Ba’al Blah Blah!

      Don’t give those that are born again a bad name with your trite vanity and lukewarm Christian judgments, you serve only yourself with that kind of drivel.

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    • Greenwood
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:19pm

      @DEALER……”She was saved once. And once is all it takes. God is so good”

      Matthew 10: 22 …………………he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.

      Not once saved always saved. Revelation 2: 10

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:26pm

      MITCH. If she was saved once she will always be saved UNLESS she rejected Christ ( the unpardonable sin ) . I think Whitney is singing “ The Greastest Love Of All ” to the King tonight

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    • MrButcher
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:33pm

      …and how many people died today in Syria fighting true tyranny?

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:57pm

      GREENWOOD. Just like Whitney, i’m not perfect by any means but i will take my last breath trusting what Jesus taught . John 3-16

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    • Greenwood
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:04pm

      @DEALER……………John 3:16…………goes on to say “that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.
      exercising faith = to put into action, to pratice, developing, to exert or have control etc.
      action is needed not once saved always saved. that said only God is the reader of hearts

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:41pm

      GREENWOOD. Jesus made salvation simple with no stipulations. ONLY BELIEVE.

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    • rawbender
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 11:18pm

      And if that was your daughter, wife or sister, how would you people feel. That’s what I thought. I cannot judge. God already has that resposibility.

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    • BrutalTruth
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 11:34pm

      Dealer, Satan believes in Jesus Christ. True belief shows in obedience.
      Lord, Lord, didn’t we not prophesy in your name? Matthew 7-22
      They went out from us, but they were not of us…. John 2-19
      …… and on, and on….
      It matters not the label on the bottle if the contents do not match…… BrutalTruth

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    • azmomof6
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 12:52am

      She was once such a beautiful and tallented woman. What a voice! It was sad to see her life take such a downward spiral. I hope she will rest in peace. At least she’s not with her drug-addicted body anymore. I don’t know enough about addiction to know how much of it is just a physical problem or if it is deeper than that. I can just hope that her spirit is no longer craving something she will never again be able to have. That would be hell. May Whitney rest in peace, her test is now over. The world has beatiful music to remember her by. T

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    • thegrassroots
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 8:42am

      We are ALL sinners in need of a Savior, and that Savior is The Lord Jesus Christ. Not one of us can put ourselves in the place of God and decide who is or isn’t saved.

      “And it shall come to pass
      That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
      Shall be saved.”
      ~ Joel 2:32 & Acts 2:21

      The Mercy Jesus extended to the thief on the cross is available for each and everyone of us
      [Luke 23:39-43].

      May The Knowing Of Who Jesus Is and That “… His Mercy Endures Forever” [2 Chronicles 20:21] Bring Comfort and Peace To Whitney’s Family, To Whitney’s Daughter.

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  • chips1
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:27pm

    Must be a big rush of drug pushers filing for unemployment. This will kill Obamas job picture for Feb.

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:57pm

      Yes .. imagine the money she has “blown” in her life .. and now leads to her death .. either directly or indirectly .. drugs kill and ruin lives … so sad for her daughter .. hopefully she is kept away from this cr*p.

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    • lbouldin
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 10:25am

      @Bikerr, The Jews did not kill Jesus, you did. He died for your sins and my sins individually. He did not die and rise from the dead for us collectively. He made his sacrafice for each of us individually. That is the reason Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship with the living Christ individually.
      I hope Whitney had a personal relationship with Him.

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  • ILUVJESUS
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:27pm

    So sad. Don’t do drugs.

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  • GoodStuff
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:27pm

    Cocaine?

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  • Dman12
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:26pm

    Hopefully her death will cut into the profits of the drug cartels in Mexico (wishful thinking). Just wish we had more OD deaths, they can’t stay profitable when their customers are dead.

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  • barnsy
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:26pm

    Dam shame! She could have been one of the greatest female singers of all time.It just goes to show what happens when you embrace the hip hop getto lifestyle ( or any drug culture). Drugs and Bobby Brown…..Bad choices.

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    • Greenwood
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:12pm

      Proverbs 13: 20 He that is walking with the wise persons will become wise, but he that is having dealings with the stupid ones will fare badly.

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  • HotFixIt
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:26pm

    “When will they ever learn”…. so sad that so many talented lives are destroyed by drugs and overindulgence.

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    • ADNIL
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 7:09am

      We are all assuming this is a drug related death……. that being said, I have always wondered why famous Hollywood types, who have achieved so much, wealth, glamour, fame, millions of fans and admirers, turn their lives over to substances that deaden their talents and ruin their lives. I just don’t get it.

      Is that all there is…….Is that all there is…….is that all there is my friends?……then let’s keep dancing………let’s break out the booze….and have….a ball………if that’s all…….there is………

      RIP, Whitney, and God bless.

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  • Merrymix
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:25pm

    With great mercy in His heart, may God consider the lies and deceit to which she was exposed and influenced during her lifetime, grant her forgiveness of her sins and allow her a place of comfort, light, and peace from which she may be praising and adoring Him forever and ever. Amen.

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  • SlippedThroughAWormHole
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:25pm

    Such a talented lady. Rest in peace.

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  • Saving_the_Republic.com
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:24pm

    She had a great voice what a shame.

    Ron Paul wants to legalize drugs thinks problems like this will just go away! We will lose more Whitney Houstons and Jon/Jane Doe’s you make drugs readily available.

    Attack away RuPaululons!

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    • I.Gaspar
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:29pm

      I was about to say the same thing. The Paulbots will somehow say this happened because drugs are illegal.
      Sad news.

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    • arvadadan
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:30pm

      Any high school kid that wants drugs can get them, so much for making them illegal and much more expensive…

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    • realistic_01
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:38pm

      Um, drugs are illegal and she got and used them. How did drugs being illegal keep her from getting them? All it did was create a black market for drugs and now the drug lords reign over Mexico, and people that want drugs get them from gangs in the U.S. that get them from Mexicans. Great solution.

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    • THXll38
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:53pm

      I’ll bite.

      Ron Paul does not want drugs to be legalized; he wants the control of drugs to be a state issue. Then again, you would not understand federalism because you are most likely a social Con that thinks the federal government should protect people from themselves — just like a liberal you Cons are.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:02pm

      REALISTIC_01 murder is illegal and people still murder, so why should we prosecute murder? Your logic is weak………..

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:10pm

      THXLL38 Paul panders to a kook base of mixed nuts…….
      http://www.alternet.org/news/153551/ron_paul_and_libertarianism's_dirty_secret_–_pandering_to_racist_%22rednecks%22_to_get_ahead

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    • bikerr
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:15pm

      @arvadadan-cheap drugs will kill the same amount of people, so stop with the legal drugs will help. Maybe just maybe you’d try to see why children/students are needing to use drugs?.Oh wait….you don’t really care,unless the drugs are legal!

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    • LIBS-ARE-DINGLEHEADS
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:17pm

      Absurd. Whether drugs are legal or illegal is missing the point, and you using it as to Houston’s death is idiotic.

      Signed,

      A Ron Paul Understander – NOT some cultist.

      INDEPENDENT VOTER – NOT DECIDED YET (as no candidate has convinced me that he/she is the right choice to oust Barack Obama – but he NEEDS to go!)

      BTW: Anyone that bashes Mr. Paul as to his beliefs is a TOTAL MORON.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:18pm

      @realistic_01
      “All it did was create a black market for drugs…”

      You can’t say that anymore…. the libs are in charge.

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    • eaglescout1998
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:19pm

      As tragic as drug-related deaths are, it is not the responsibility of government to protect us from ourselves.

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    • Smokey_Bojangles
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:19pm

      That sure will stop the dude on welfare I Know who can afford pot,when I have to save up for beer.

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    • realistic_01
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 11:26pm

      REPUBLICORP Having drugs be illegal causes countless people to be killed each day around the world, so your solution is keep drugs illegal so more people are continued to be killed each day. Hey, if we outlaw alcohol again, there would be no alcoholics either, right? Prohibition worked so well, after all. Oh, wait. No, it just created a bunch of murderous bootleggers (the Kennedy fortune comes to mind), and there were still plenty of alcoholics. Now alcohol is legal, is taxed heavily, and benefits your apparent love of government. You don’t offer a solution, you just call names because you have no solution. Your comparison between murder being illegal and drugs being illegal is asinine.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 12:29am

      @Saving_the_Republic.com http://biblereview.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/a-christians-view-regarding-ron-pauls-position-on-drugs/

      @RepubliCorp Murder is an act made against another person (an offense made against the people), and is punishable by a Court of Law, and requires justice or restitution. Unlike murder, even Doctors, Institutions, and Corporations are given license to practice the use of Drugs, create new ones, or experiment with existing ones. Unlike murder, these same folks are given permission to sale and prescribe drugs to other parties, or to buy or receive drugs. Don‘t confuse actual crimes made against humanity with an individual’s plain stupidity or irresponsible behavior.

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 12:33am

      Anyone making the excuse that “if a high schooler wants to get drugs….” isn’t thinking clearly. If drugs were legalized it would CLEARLY increase the rate of drug use.
      There are PLENTY of people that don’t do/acquire drugs simply based on the fact that they are illegal. Yes, you can get them if you really want to, but how many people don’t because they are illegal?

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    • colt1860
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 1:02am

      @JJCoolay I understand your argument, and would also like some drugs to stay illegal, or heavily regulated, but I would leave this authority to the States, and not the federal Government, per the powers enumerated in the Constitution. Beside this, to play devil’s advocate here, many countries have lowered or eliminated the drinking age for alcoholic beverages and have actually seen a decrease in teen use and other behaviors related to drinking. I still think the Government’s intent for these drug laws, to decrease use and improve society, have clearly failed. This responsibility lies on the people, not the Government. Common ground here is, let the States decide the prohibition, restriction and regulation of these matters, and keep the federal Government out of it. Our federal Judges should be dealing with federal matters found in the Constitution, not originating from social progressives or politics.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 3:34am

      COLT1860 and drugs haven’t killed anyone, destroyed property or destroyed the future for a crack baby …. Drugs problems don’t stop at the users door.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 10:16am

      @RepubliCorp That’s taking what I said out of context. As with alcohol, of course, whenever anything is abused and used to cause harm to others, or to endanger the public peace, Law Enforcement should detain those who act violent or transgress the rights of others, bring them to trial, and have Judges rule the matter with exact judgement, and without respect to persons (status, occupation, education, etc.). Drugs are drugs though. One kid can get an over the counter medicine, or even spray can of some sort, get high on it, and if he over does it, can die. It comes down to personal responsibility. If anything should be done, it should be what this preacher did:

      I strongly encourage everyone to watch the following sermon, The Cause Within You:

      (Go to the page and click on “Week 3”): http://newspring.cc/series/newspring-welcomes/

      …and cars haven’t killed anyone, destroyed property or destroyed the future for a precious baby… Car problems don’t stop at the user’s garage.

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    • His_Way
      Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:54am

      @ LIBS- ARE- DINGLEHEADS

      Dinglehead states: “BTW: Anyone that bashes Mr. Paul as to his beliefs is a TOTAL MORON”.

      But please I do beg of you, deny us not any longer your mesmerizing brilliance. Your deep insights may just be as addicting as my other weaknesses crack, coke, or even harmless heroin.
      TOTALLY.

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  • ColoradoMaverick
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:23pm

    For every person who supports any legalization of any drugs: You are idiots. Every one of you. here we had a talented person with everything going for her and she ruins her life with DRUGS. God rest her soul.

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    • realistic_01
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:39pm

      Um, drugs are illegal and she got and used them. How did drugs being illegal keep her from getting them? All it did was create a black market for drugs and now the drug lords reign over Mexico, and people that want drugs get them from gangs in the U.S. that get them from Mexicans. Great solution, idiot.

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    • arvadadan
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:51pm

      History has shown that prohibition does not work, get a clue… The only ones who benefit are those willing to break the law and the government departments trying to stop them. Has it worked, I think not cocaine and heroin have been illegal for about 100 years and marijuana for about 75 years. what do you think is the solution??

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    • THXll38
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:54pm

      Don’t mind COLORADOMAVERICK, he is no different than a liberal. He believes that the government should protect people from themselves.

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    • bikerr
      Posted on February 11, 2012 at 9:31pm

      @arvadadan–man your dumb,murder has been around for thousands or so years yet it’s been illegal the whole time,using your dumb logic let’s legalize it and it will stop?…put on your man pants and stay off the drugs!

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    • colt1860
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 1:10am

      I guess Doctors, Physicians, Pharmacies, and Drug Corporations are idiots. Go figure.

      @bikerr Murder is an actual crime, an offense made against another man, wherein Justice and restitution is expected by a Court of Law. Abusive drug use, or misuse of drugs, is irresponsible and dangerous to one’s health and life, like many, many other things (legal or illegal). I have never smoked or drank. Personal responsibility is paramount here. Prosperity and well being can only be achieved by the individual, and not by external force.

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    • the wireworker
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 1:13am

      i will say a prayer for the houston family and friends tonight, I know God can use a tragedy for good.

      I cannot condone the use of recreational drugs period.(some prescription drugs can be just as bad) it is akin to what the bible speaks of as “sorcery/witchcraft/enchanting“ it stems from the greek word ”pharmakia” and it will be prevelant in the last days, it is a doctrine of baal.
      there are some good studies online about this subject.

      we are to be of a sober mind!

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    • colt1860
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 2:46am

      @thewireworker You’re exactly right. Which is why I stay away from all drugs, even those legal ones. If you study the history of our modern drugs you will find that Progressives (or Big Government politicians) along with big Pharmaceutical, Drug and Chemical companies are at the core of these drug laws and administrations. Pure corruption.

      I stay healthy, active, and informed. I haven’t gone to the Doctor in years, and when I did last go, it was for an ankle injury while playing sports. I’m 23 years old, and I understand that my Life and Happiness depends on me alone and no one else. Those are my Rights, given to me by God. It’s my responsibility and duty to protect, preserve and defend them against all threats or assaults. I cannot blame another man, or society, for my ills or downfalls. God has given me every power and talent needed to succeed, prosper and excel, and enough encouragement and guidance by his Word to pickup my self up and to continue on along a righteous path. I got family, friends, neighbors, and my community to help me out with anything I might need assistance in. I don’t need the Government to interfere. As a Christian nation, it’s our responsibility, and command from God, as a people, to restore and love such a person who is in need of help or assistance. We must not abandon those duties of the church given to her by Christ, and allow the Government to take over what belongs to us. It will only lead to corruption, and huge failure.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 2:57am

      I strongly encourage you, thewireworker, and anyone else to watch the following sermon:

      The Cause within you (this will download the video):
      http://media.newspring.cc/video/2011/101611_NewSpringWelcomes_03_iPod.mp4

      Or, you can go to the following webpage and watch it online (click on “Week 3”):
      http://newspring.cc/series/newspring-welcomes/

      It’s a great, great message.

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    • the wireworker
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 10:59am

      @colt1860

      matthew barnett has done and will continue to do some great work with the dream center.

      i watched the dream center on tbn when it first came out, that and travel the road…very inspirational and hopeful…

      thanks for the link….my pastor just preached on the same verses just 3 weeks ago

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 6:25pm

      “I get so emotional, baby!”
      For every person who supports any legalization of any private food choice (more expensive in health care costs than any addiction bugaboo), guns, cars, stepladders & shoes w/laces: You are idiots. Every one of you. I can cite plenty of talented people (along with facts & figures on cost) with everything going for them & they ruin their lives with pizza, bullets, Chevys & home repairs. God rest their souls.
      I’m not a Houston hater. Back in the day, she could sing & was easy on the eyes. It appears the criminalization of drugs certainly went a long way in… oh, wait a minute. And this assumes she was fouled up on “street” drugs as opposed to govt. approved happy pills. I‘ve not bothered to read up on the details if they’re out there. I don’t really care. She made her choice &, with her talent & success, have NO sympathy regarding the end result.
      One dead pop star justifies the creation of the violent, illegal drug trade? And make no mistake: Govt. & complicit busybodies own the creation of the illegal drug trade. Wow. At least I now know why the will of busybodies gets to trump inevitable human behavior. More people will die or stress the health care system because of fries & a sedentary lifestyle this year than the junkies, but let’s save the junky morons from themselves, but not the fatties. Brilliant.
      I don’t advocate using drugs, but making drug use illegal is a busybody approach that leads to more hell, not less.

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 6:54pm

      Sonny Bono eats a tree: Damn you, skiing! Ban it!
      (Insert pop star name here) dies in a plane crash: Damn you, Wright brothers. Ban it!
      And, my personal favorite…
      David Carradine chokes himself to death while jerking it: Damn you, masturbation! Ban it!
      Reasonable people know life is a fragile gift and one we cannot keep. You wanna p!ss it away w/drugs? Hey, go for it. I encourage you to pursue your hobby with gusto.
      Busybodies and complicit govt. are more dangerous than drugs. Hell, I can argue you must ban ballpoint pens with the “it might be and has been dangerous” argument. Do yourself a favor and read on WHY pot was criminalized. Look into a man named Harry Anslinger. He had some very interesting comments on why pot needed to be demonized and criminalized… especially when it came to black folks. The history of prohibition is not pretty and not based on reason or fact.

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    • His_Way
      Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:09am

      Drug abuse, addiction and all other collateral damage would just go away, if those “busy bodies” would “just legalize it” and learn to profit off the wreckage.
      And “The Gooch” what makes you go away?

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  • WaitOneMinute
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:22pm

    Such great talent, I always loved her signing and a shame she is gone so young.

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 9:39am

      You said it so simply, and so correctly, this is a sad momemt to see such a terriffic talent destroyed by one of the terrible pitfalls of life. My heart aches for her family.

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  • jank0614
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:22pm

    This poor girl. The adoration and appreciation of her beautiful music and voice by so many of us flew in the face of her ability to find peace and happiness and stay off drugs. Her songs were life-changing for many. I pray she is with God tonight and finally at peace. She and her beautiful gift will be deeply missed.

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  • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:22pm

    She had class once (AND MAN COULD SHE SING)…

    Then she met Bobby Brown/drugs… probably feeling she had to be in with the hip-hop crowd to seem credible within the Black community.

    Well, that’s my take on it.

    R.I.P.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:20pm

    Rest in Peace.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:20pm

    …
    Seems like she was fighting those demons, for half of her life. Rest in peace Whitney.

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 11:47am

      Sometimes God will remove you from the mess you got yourself into to save you from further damage not only to yourself but others. JIMHO

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  • Johneg97
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:18pm

    had a nice voice

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 4:30pm

      Not just nice-amazing. The first time I heard her sing, I stopped what I was doing to listen to her pitch, her clarity and range. I was stunned by the beauty. I have been singing all my life, even at 66 it is part of my daily life, and I was blown away at her gift. I was saddened at her life later on, but no one on this blog is her judge, for which I am gratefull. God in His infinite mercy, is. She has a place I am sure where her voice, in all it’s beauty is being heard. Fitting her last public song was “Yes, Jesus loves me”. What more could be said. God bless her family.

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  • blackstone22
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:18pm

    unbelievable. She was so talented and beautiful, all destroyed by drugs….a tragedy.

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    • TexasBornTexasProud
      Posted on February 12, 2012 at 2:12pm

      Drugs weren’t responsible… poor character and lack of responsibility for her own actions is what we can blame this on.

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  • Laus Deo
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:15pm

    Oh well.

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  • WeMustNeverForget
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:15pm

    God rest her soul.

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  • Zoe
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:15pm

    He you broke this ahead of the pack !

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  • hi
    Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:14pm

    So sad. God bless you Whitney.

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