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VIDEO: CNN’s Don Lemon Announces Whitney Houston Death
According to the Associated Press:
Houston, who ruled 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.
Houston’s publicist, Kristen Foster, said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown.
Houston’s death comes on the heels of her erratic behavior at an LA nightclub just a few days ago.
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News of Houston’s death came on the eve of music’s biggest night – the Grammy Awards. It’s a showcase where she once reigned, and her death was sure to case a heavy pall on Sunday’s ceremony. Houston’s longtime mentor Clive Davis was to hold his annual concert and dinner Saturday; it was unclear if it was going to go forward.
Houston leaves behind a daughter, Bobbi Kristina.
R.I.P. Whitney Houston
*Update #1 2/11/12 9:45pm*
Houston was found unresponsive in a suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and was pronounced dead around 3:55pm PST. There have been many reports that her longtime friend Ray-J was the person who found her in the suite, however a publicist for Ray-J has denied the claim.
CNN is now reporting that her bodyguard “Ray” found her unresponsive and police say there is “no obvious signs of foul play”
*Update #2 - 2/12/12 3:12am*
TMZ is reporting the Whitney may have drowned in a bathtub following an overdose of prescription meds.
No illegal drugs have been found in the hotel room where Whitney Houston died — at least not yet — but prescription drugs were present, and it’s possible the singer drowned in the bathtub.
Sources tell us … when EMTs arrived Whitney’s body was already removed from the bathtub so it will take an autopsy to determine if she OD’d, drowned or died from some other cause.
Informed sources tell us … Beverly Hills cops — who were still searching the room at the time this story was posted — found various pill bottles. There was no evidence that Whitney was drinking alcohol in the room.
Whitney’s body was just removed from the room on a gurney. It will go to the morgue for an autopsy to determine cause of death.
Story developing…
Where were you when you heard the disturbing news?
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truly an amazing woman through her ups and downs i will always luv her work R.I.P Whitney
I am truly hurt right now…RIP Whitney you were the bomb girl no matter what you may have gone through I still love you…beautiful voice
Just days ago certain blogs were disrespecting her…i hope they feel a certain way now….because she wont be the pun of their jokes anymore…RIP Whitney.
Sad…
Condolences out to her family and friends, and to Bobby Brown who is taking it hard even though they are no longer together.My heart and prayers goes out to her family for the loss of such a talented woman.
She had the voice of an angel…so pure. I’m at a loss for words. I grew up listening to and singing Whitney. She was and still is the "standard" of excellence. Her talent will never be matched and her legacy will live on forever.
She was and still is a DIVA!!!!
So sad! May God have mercy on her soul. RIP Winey you will always be remembered and loved.
Just a thought..maybe she was crying for help on Thursday in those pics that was posted. Just a sad thought!
:’(
wow and this website just made derogatory remarks about her yesterday…and she has passed on…how do you feel now atlien?…watch your mouth
Rest In Paradise, Whitney. Im so sad she passed away, and especially on today-Brandy’s bday. I know that she is her idol. I have her family and friends in my prayers-she was truly the greatest voice of all time.
ohhhhh nnooooooooo!!!! This is soooo sad
I was praying this was a really bad hoax. My heart goes out to her dear mother and child. There will never be another. She was indeed "The Voice". May your soul rest in heaven Whitney.
Wow is all I can say. Even tho I didn’t know her this makes my heart so sad!!! RIP Whitney!
she will be missed, her music will live on forever
Dam,Dam,Dam!!! Why No One Saw This Coming, If So Did’nt Help Her!!!! This Make’s Me Mad! (A Waste). Will Be Praying For The Family! *The Marshall*
So sad, I have never shed tears for any entertainer before, This hurts me so so deep. She brings so much to my heart I remember being 17 and how she touched me with her music…..no, her voice. She was All I listened to growing up. I have a knot in my throat.
She was so gorgeous, and her IDGAF attitude made me love her even more.
Bellair Bowling Lanes in Daytona Beach. So sad to lose yet another legend.
People,you really should’nt diss Atlien for reporting what every other site reported. It’s what bloggers said that in aftermath is sad. And why would that story not be reported? Nobody’s psychic here. It’s the good things that we say in this post,the Whitney that we knew and missed. That hope that she would come back to us.She won’t,she’s at peace now and we can let our tears and memories flow for her and her family.I will always love her.
In the theatre to see Safe House. Couldn’t focus on it once I got the news.
At the nail shop
In kroger
I really can’t believe this. I’m actually shocked at how emotional this has gotten me. R.I.P. Whitney. I just hope Bobbi Christina will be ok (emotionally)
At home sipping a cocktail while messing around on Twitter…
@home
I want to remember Whitney for her highest of high points, and not her deepest darkest hours. Those moments where she felt like that, are btwn her and God. Nobody and I mean nobody should be, making jokes, placing blame or being disrespectful. If so, may you get what you put out.
RIP Whitney Houston WE (have) ALWAYS LOVE (D) YOU !!!
I had just got in from out of town after getting my first speeding ticket ever and my cousin calls me from Indianapolis and asked me if the news reports were true that Whitney had died. Stunned!
Sitting on my couch watching the Stellar Awards
@ hme 0n fb!
I was about to give my daughter a bath & heard my phone going off (text message). My coworker/friend was texting me the news.
I was outside going to the store and a stranger stop me and told me.A stranger stop and told me also when Michael Jackson died.
Hairdresser
I agree with Ebonee 100% !!! I am so sad but her music and voice will live on and not one of these so called singers can touch her !
@Shad and Arrignton – You sound like you wipe your mouth with the same tissue you wiped your azz with. STFU!
I’m in new Orleans with a group of folks and I just happened to be in a room with them when someone found out
I realy like Whitney and I always remember the great music and movies she made!May your rest in glory!
I’m sittin’ here looking at Whitney clips from Oprah to Diane Sawyer and a lot from youtube and I must say,Whitney was one funny girl! (lol) She had as much fun giving it back to her haters as they had giving it to her. She was a hoot. A comedy of errors,but undeniably the "VOICE" that no one else can match but will forever remember. Unfortunately,there will be a line of singers coming forth with their weak renditions of every song she sang. Just SHUT UP already. If I want to hear her songs I want HER voice singing them.
for ALL THE SICK AND STILL SUFFERING ADDICTS OUT THERE, I say “God Bless” and I wish that Whitney had known what a gift she was…and gotten some help. RIP
at home on my computer and i read on my timeline that she died
In my bed on Facebook.
Me and my husband ws out buying some crabs and I seen multiple posts on fb
@work, I had customers talking about it
At home….. woking out of my sleep by my ph buzzing like crazy bcuz of my media alerts about WHITNEYS passing….
this is just too sad. i will remember her like that first picture, beautiful. greatest singer of all time. RIP Whitney.
Oh shame we lost
Im still at Playdate Atlanta and I almost passed out
Out to dinner with my husband and friends, everybody cell is buzzing at the same time WHITNEY is dead! Changed our whole mood #damn
On the radio. I was driving home listening to 104.1 when the breaking news report aired.
@Vickie I was thinking the same thing when I just read that the other nite…you could just see some kind of look in her face…just so sad
Golden Coral, we gonna miss you baby!
God bless her family her soul and sleep well beautiful Nippy.
My daughter came and told me. I had just got up and when I got to twitter I yelled the same word I did on June 25,2009 NOOOOO!!!!!!!! I know we all have to but doesn’t make any less heartbreaking. Prayers for the family.
I was a fan of Whitney and her music, but she did not have the Holy Ghost. She will not be resting in peace.Sadly Whitney’s home for eternity will be hell. The Lord is comming back world. Get ready. ACTS 2:38 IS THE WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE. If not, your soul will be in eternal damnation with Whitney.
I work at a prison as a correctional officer and I heard all of the inmates saying whitney houston had died.
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Prayers out to the family.
This is heartbreaking…
May She RIP!
Climbed into bed working from almost 10 hr shift and get on facebook to hear the terrible news. I’m very sad today. I’m 35yrs old and I grew up with her old and and new music. Yessss i don’t know her personally but she is still like family. She is an icon and she will be dearly missed. Truely a sad moment.
I was driving on I20 headed home after visiting my mom. A friend called me and while on the phone saw CNN reporting that Whitney had died. I was in shock.
She’s on her way to the coroner’s office just heartbreaking
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my sis called me an told me they said she died if it was true cause know how the having all those cyber death then i ask her where she heard it from she said tmz rite then i knew from then theres no lying from that source an i was like let me look it up i went on my face book an bet an a few other sources posted it saying she had passed away i was so shocked an sadden im really going miss her voice she will never be forgotten rip whitney we will always love u ♥
@home looking at TV
I, Gina Kirk, Of Atlanta, Was @ Home In Atlantic Station N Watchin A Feb. Black History Month Movie On TV ONE N Had Been Watchin. E! I Saw It Flash Across E’S Screen In Red N Didn’T Blieve It R My Eyes @ 1ST! Den I Immediately Switched 2 Anywhere Reportin R Confirmin It! Finally Saw CNN Wuz On It Da Same Way Dey’D Done Micheal’S Death Coverage! It Wuz Den Dat It Shook Me Dat Sumpin Truly Fowl Is Goin On In L.A.!!! I Had Read An Article Outa Dis City I Live In Called Straight From Da A! N It Read Whitney Leaves An LA Nightclub Wasted N Bloody!!! N Dis BIIACH Had Captioned Near Da Bloody Pic O Whitney N Prolly A Friend, Leavin Da Club Sweaty N Upset, Obviously!!! But Dis Caption Had Said:(Quote:) I Jes Know Her Old Ass Ain’T Up In There Fighting!!!”(Endquote:l N I Wuz Angered Immensely Ova Dat! I Mean! Dis Is Whitney Houston, Not Lil Kim N Dat Is Jes Typical Of Attitudes Dat R Responsible For Her Demise N Death!!! I Am Mortified Dat Such A Phenominal Woman/ Lady/Civa/Icon/ Child/Mom/Wife/Ex Wife/ Is Gone! She Wuz “An Exceptionally Gifted Musically Az Well Az An Awesum Actress! N Like Too Many Wuz On Her Road 2 Redemption N Cuzza Demons N Cruelty Of Life N Fate N Jes Gen erally Unkind Peeps, Now Gone 2ay 2 Soon!!! Ŝ Bullshit Must Stop In Dis World N Industry!!! I Am Jes Sick Wit It!!! 2 Many Folks R Dyin From Hate N Haterz!!!Jes Stop Dis Senseless Hatin!!!()*/L.,Gina N =*+L,.,Moriah In Dis Haterville Atl!!!
Wat can i say…..so sad
I was at work
I was on UberSocial. I saw the first Tweet around 6 or 7 something. I didn’t think nothing of it. I thought it was another Twitter hoax. Then, I got back home and saw it on all the major news stations. Then…I knew it was true so sad. I grew up on Whitney just like I grew up on Michael. I hate it all! I planned on going to sleep early…but I could not take my eyes off of CNN.
In Cumberland mall and this dude pass by us talking bout she just died 15 minutes ago. He was crying crazy tears
OMG!!!!!
With the passings of Etta James, Don Cornelius, and now our Queen Whitney Houston I lose bits and pieces of my childhood. Whitney had the GREATEST VOICE of all time. May she finally have peace in heaven. God bless Bobbi Kristina and family.
I wish I could say I was shocked. The SADDEST part of this is that EVERYONE, including her Mama, saw this coming! But at least her Mama can say she did EVERYTHING IN HER POWER to get her daughter off drugs…she didn’t hold anything back…and that’s what I need 2 do with my son.
I heard the news last night, and I’m still feeling sad about it. She was an amazing woman, with an amazing God given talent who lived an amazing life. She had a strong faith, which helped her through her darkest times. We all have demons, now she’s free of hers. Her music is on the soundtrack of my adolescence, may she rest in peace and may her family grieve with the privacy they deserve.
On my way to see New Edition in Concert……they performed well until the end when Bobby got emotional and had to leave the stage……Bobby is a trooper and he & New Edition are truly Professionals…Great show …RIP Whitney!
Yes I have an inside source that says she drowned in the bathtub and. She was in someone else’s room… just to hear who found her…:’(
N besides that she had just slit her wrist just days earlier.. she shouldn’t have been left alone
So sad.
When she was on stage with Kelly Price , she did not look or sound to good …. (. the night before she die )
I was in kitchen looking for something to munch on when my 16 yr old came downstairs saying she had passed. I was thinking it was a joke as we were goggling the story and pulling up articles. We managed to pull up one article that said it was a rumor. For a short second I was relieved. But then something told me to changed tv to CNN and that’s when my big fear became a reality.
My husband and I were in the car on our way to a Mardi Gras Ball. I checked FB and that’s how I found out.
I love Whitney, may your soul be at peace.
Well if what u r say n is true…that sounds like suicide……uugh im cry n all ova again!!”
I just finished worshipping at Crossroads Church in Sharpsburg, GA when my boyfriend called and told me the news. I thought it was a sick rumor, but a woman who worked in the church’s gift shop pulled up cnn.com and there it was in big, bold letters: “Singer Whitney Houston dead at 48.” I literally almost dropped to my knees.
I was sitting on my couch on Facebook when my daughter came in and told me. i said girl stop playing that is only a sick rumor some dum fuck is spreading. She said okay ma but i saw it myself it is all over twitter. So i googled it and sure enough she was correct. I broke out n tears yelling damn you Bobby Brown damn you. sit and played all her songs on you tube and watch the tribute to her on VH1 will sipping on vodka and cranberry unitl i feel asleep. What a tragic lost.
@ mocha…did i strike a nerve? are you one of the guilty ones too?..shame on you as well so ask yourself how do you feel afer saying disrespectful things one day in advance and now the lady is dead…
mocha you should feel horrible
There is so much I can say. We can guess at what we think happened to her. It could have been the effects of drugs… It could have been heartbreak…. It could have been a number of things. One thing is clear to me though, the media did what it has always done to us and is still doing to us. A lot of you guys are so gullible that I canbelieve you over look the odvious. yes she and Michael Jackson both may have been on drugs but the media and our following helped pushed them over the edge.
All of those black azz reality shows that have us looking retarded just perpetuate what the world at large think of us and this is during our first black persidency. Shame on us…..
I hope y’all know the same press that’s show Whitney and Michael at their worst is the same press that showed us during the 60′s over here trying to start a civil war with the government. When all we wanted was civil rights.
Yes, I am pist off cause this like Michael didn’t have to be. It didn’t have to come to this.
Wendy Williams, Shame…. Shame…. Shame…
Dana T.
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@Shad – first of all, you are mistaken, I have not spoken ill of Ms. Houston in this forum or any other so re-check YOUR sources, secondly, yes you did strike a nerve with your ignorant comments. The world has just lost a great woman, mother, daughter and child of God. Her struggles with her demons have been widely published for years and for you to pass judgement on comments made or blogs posted here is just ignorant. I will waste no more of my energy on you or your comments – I wish to send nothing but positive energy and prayers to the family and friends of Whitney that are most affect by her loss. RIP Whitney!
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@ mocha you misunderstood from the first comment…i initially said the author of the site had spoken ill of whitney less than 24 hrs. before her death and you then responded with a derogatory comment..
to talk badly about someone today and tomorrow they are no more…thats why i asked if the suthor felt bad…you should’ve kept your mouth closed and kept to yourself the nasty comment that you made to me
and you’re saying im ignorant…no dear whats ignorant is the fact that people are and were talking so badly about her past problems…
so if my comment struck a nerve amongst the guilty …so be it…people should watch their mouths
its best to say nothing if the something that you’re say is gonna be ugly…
lol and now you’re acting as if you’re takingthe high road…chick please
r.i.p. whitney
@Shad -YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWNNNN
was listening to the Rickey Smiley Morning Show this morning, and they dedicated it to Whitney Houston, which was a beautiful gesture! She was truly a LEGEND, and it is sad to see her go at such a young age, and so suddenly. Many people can agree that no one could do it better! I also find it sad that someone like Whitney Houston, a LEGEND has to die in order for her name to be uplifted. We saw on several occasions, people slandering her name and character and no one trying to extend a helping hand.This saddens me to tears! Fantasia made the comment on her twitter page about the passing of Michael Jackson and I quote, "That’s what killed the King!!!! And then when it Happened EVERYBODY wanted to CRY!!!!! To Late Now." This was a true statement. The world needs a reality check, and we need to stop and think about the things we say and do sometimes. Upbuild your fellow man, and do not defame a person when they are ibeing weighed down with the anxieties of the world!
was at a party-i thought i was getting punk’ed… u dont talk about Nippy and death in the same sentence – damn damn damn. Rest in Peace my Angel and may your home going celebration be a joyful one.
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i will never forget you…and miss your good songs but all off your old songs if got them…and will thinkin about you when i listen to them…i will remember your smilling face!!i will always miss you!!whitney…. the greatest love was to see you on television… GOD BLESS YOU…darling!!