Tribute to Whitney Houston

Growing up I always enjoyed every one of her songs and I was shocked and saddened to hear that she passed away.  I was to busy last Wednesday to write a tribute to her but I guess it is better late then never.

Whitney  Elizabeth Houston: August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012
Also known as "Nippy", "The Prom Queen of Soul"

She was the daughter to Sissy Houston who was a gospel singer and Whitney started singing in her United Church in her home town in Newark New Jersey where at the end her own funeral was held at. In 1978 she was a backup singer for her mother in the song "I'm Every Woman" and also took up modeling for a while. Her first album was in 1985 and "she won six grammies".  In 1992 she did acting for the first time with "The Bodyguard" and married Bobby Brown then had a daughter Bobbi Kristina. She started using drugs in 1993 and was a using daily in1996. She divorced Bobby Brown later and got custody of her daughter. She went into rehab twice but on February 11, 2012 she was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel room and her funeral was very privete with family only. She will be very missed.

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