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R.I.P. Whitney Houston

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Is this real or not? People are saying that its another fake claim, and since there is only one source claiming to know that she's dead, I guess we'll have to wait for the truth.
 
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It's being reported so widely that it's one heck of a fake if so...
 
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It's being reported so widely that it's one heck of a fake if so...

But it's being reported based on just one person's claim. It stinks either way.
 

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It's real. It's currently on TV.....
 

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Such a shame. RIP Whitney. Still the standard by which all National Anthems are measured.
 

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Agreed Brian. Sad. Very big loss.
 
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Sad. I hope it doesn't end up being another loss due to drug overdose.
 

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Sad. I hope it doesn't end up being another loss due to drug overdose.

It appears it is although the Beverly Hills police department has not released any details. Ms. Houston has been in and out of rehab many times for drug usage.
 

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She was an outstanding musician, and its a shame she succumbed to drug abuse, for she really was very talented. RIP.
 
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Her music reminds me of living in NYC. I would be out on the emergency fire escape staircase waiting for my dad to come home from work, and I would see people walking by with boom boxes on their shoulder playing these kind of songs. I remember it like it was yesterday.
 
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So sad to hear about this. I got a news alert on my Ipad and I was completely stunned by the news. I really loved her music, especially her performance in "The BodyGuard".

It's such a shame for her career and life to end the way it did, it's just a shame but her music will always live on. :(
 
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Make up your mind! :)

But seriously ... I was never a fan but she certainly had an amazingly powerful voice. Whatever ended up killing her, her decades-long addiction to drugs can't have helped. As with Ms. Winehouse, I wish she'd found the strength to avoid that trap in the first place.
 
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They call drug abuse "Death on the installment plan". Avoidable, and very tragic. RIP Miss Houston.
 
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