Whitney Houston has died.

[Hardbopjazz]

It is on CNN right now. Although I am not a fan she at one time had a wonderful singing voice. 48. Way too young.

[Chuck Nessa]

did not see that coming. earlier, yes.

[Hardbopjazz]

The news stations are coming the primary and only had it go across the bottom of the screen.

Yahoo has it on the main page now.

[Hardbopjazz]

story

[alocispepraluger102]

unfortunately, unlimited, effortless talent does not translate to unlimited, effortless living.

dear whitney, hopefully your best days are yet ahead.

what a blow to what was but minutes ago a pleasant saturday evening!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYFHAvULvJ0

Edited February 12, 2012 by alocispepraluger102

[Christiern]

Sad to say, this does not come as a surprise.

[Hardbopjazz]

Sad to say, this does not come as a surprise.

Yes, even if she was clean now, the damage was already done from all those years of abuse.

[Dave James]

She had the whole package. What a waste. Although it's not a very nice thing to say, it's too bad it wasn't Bobby Brown. If she hadn't hooked up with that loser, who knows what might have become of her. Or, maybe she was just self-destructive like Phyllis Hyman whose place she essentially took at Arista Records. Guess it doesn't matter much now, does it?

RIP, Whitney.

Edited February 12, 2012 by Dave James

[Hardbopjazz]

She had a hit with a tune that George Benson did first. Anyone recall the title?

[Van Basten II]

What a shame

[CJ Shearn]

She had a hit with a tune that George Benson did first. Anyone recall the title?

"The Greatest Love at All"

[GA Russell]

She had a hit with a tune that George Benson did first. Anyone recall the title?

Wasn't it called "The Greatest Love of All"?

[Dan Gould]

Shocking and yet not shocking.

Really just terribly sad.

[B. Goren.]

Sad news.

[Shawn]

A real shame, she had an incredible voice.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

someone i saw posted that her famous national anthem she did, it was arranged by john clayton

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCiJYWKPLcQ

someone on stevehofffman posted this, one of her 1st sessions....a cover of a hugh hopper song soft machine recorded (wtf) with sax solo by Archie Shepp (wtf)

[ValerieB]

Shocking and yet not shocking.

Really just terribly sad.

you spoke my thoughts, Dan, and i'm sure many other people's as well.

[save0904]

Very sad news, RIP Whitney!

[sidewinder]

Sort of predictable, but tragic. What a waste - RIP.

[JohnS]

Sad and tragic.

[JSngry]

[JSngry]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvs-J-axFHQ

[John L]

Waiting to Exhale turned my head around about Whitney Houston in a major way. Before that, I didn't think that I understood what all the fuss was about. After that, I became a true believer in Whitney, even if none of her other recordings that I have heard can reach me quite like that one.

It is very sad how somebody who has everything going for her can lose it all in self-destruction.

RIP

[mikeweil]

The pop scene has a sadly long list of wasted talents that fell victim to self-destruction to its credit - poor Whitney is the most recent name on it. Really an incredible voice. R.I.P.