Breaking News: Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48

I thought Roseanne Barr's version was much better.

I know you did!

Yep.

Celebrity gossip and obsession is a daily staple in North America. So many know very little about the world or it's people but can tell you what Lady GaGa wore yesterday. Sad....truly sad.

Sad, very sad indeed.

Tears in my eyes.

No one is perfect.
It is guaranteed we will all die from some thing.
Her voice was a gift.
May her spirit be free.

I know Bobby and knew Whitney through Bobby's sister Bethy, who passed from cancer here in Atlanta over 8 years ago. She died sober with 10 years clean.Bethy introduced to me to Whitney 3 years before she passed away. She told me about the drugs way back them. Contrary to what you've read in the gossip papers, Whitney had a bad heroin addiction long before she met Bobby. Bobby was her gopher, not supplier, when it came to drugs. Six years ago, I was selected to be part of an intervention team to try and help Whitney. We met 4 Saturdays in a row at a doctors office in downtown Atlanta. Whitney missed every Saturday. She never showed up. She always called one of us later on that night crying with excuses. She had a terrible addiction. We knew that going into this whole thing. We all forgave her, but we also had to let her go.Because they may not have been good for each other doesn't given anyone the right to blame Bobby Brown for the death of Whitney Houston. Bobby was looking at going to prison and he kick his habit 3 years ago.They've been divorced for nearly 5 years and the were actually still friends up until her passing.Rest in Peace Whitney.

Grow up Clown.

my oldest brother had a herion addiction, even though my family tried hard to help him; it didn't work. He died at the age of 28, and if he was living today he will be 57. I feel for her family and her daughter.

Rumor has it that Bobby Brown did not lead her into the abyss of drug misuse but it was the other way around.

Quite often men get the rap for bringing their spouses down as is the case here. What a waste of a life and talent though when people enter the world of drug abuse. All the fame and fortune and yet no happiness.

Yeah he was so good for her. Sorry I don't know her personally like you do but I remember what she was like before and after she met the man. I personally did not care much for her music but she was an inspiration to many, and if she had an addiction in her career she covered it well. She did not cover it so well after she met the man. I am not the only person in this world who thinks he was a terrible influence on her. Your comment was very insightful, right up until your hurtful words at the end, but if it makes you feel better to piss on me then have at it, hero.

Thank you for sharing that information Keith, because this is something I have not heard in the media. You never know who someone knows.

Always tear up when I hear her sing this song...doesn't matter where or when...some songs/voices just do that to you.

Tearing up!

kind of like Iran wishing for nuclear power

I wouldn't rank her that high, sorry.

Ever hear of Lena Horne? Ella Fitzgerald? Dorothy Dandridge? Bessie Smith? Blanche Calloway? just to name a few? Gawd.

...yes, heard of them all...all unique, and amazing singers...we all have preferences as to who pulls our heart strings...it's never a contest...oh, BTW, when was your last engagement before a crowd of 10,000 plus...

So what? I don't like the ones you're talking about!!. Gawd!!. I like whitney better than all those. I don't care what or who you like!!. I stand by my opinion and shove it you know where!!. GAWD!!.You are not going to tell me what I have to say.

Lol must be your time of the month, relax man .

One of my favorites as well

YES! This sends a chill up my spine every time I hear it. Crank it up!

Some drugs, not all.

True, I don't consider cannabis to be a drug.

But crack is the worst kind of drug, and methamphetamine is even worse.

Guess it was her "Perocrative"!

Shocking and sad, isn't it, dear friend?

...I was thinking of you just now, and how sad you would be, darlin', as us all...I just played, Where do broken hearts go...and, Didn't we almost have it all...gone too soon, but now at peace...xo

Bluntly -- but necessarily -- put. Sigh.

The LA police are saying there were no drugs present at the hotel. But cocaine can be murder on the heart over time, even if they stop.

The damage might have already been done.

I put that badly, that's actually what I meant. I had a friend who finally stopped and 4 years later he died of a massive coronary at 36 from the cocaine use.

Aretha Franklin is not Houston's grandmother. They were just friends.

*godmother

sorry doing too many things at once...meant godmother

I wish Aretha was my godmother.

she is in your soul

Yes, she is , and has been since the frst time I ever heard her sing Ain't No Way.

Houston was inspired to sing as a child by soul singers in her New Jersey family, including mother Cissy Houston and cousins Dionne Warwick and the late Dee Dee Warwick. Her godmother was Aretha Franklin.

http://current.com/community/93660571_whitney-houston-found-dead-in-hotel-aged-4...

Very sad indeed!

Beautiful,misty eyed me as well. Thanks!