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Weeks after reporting that no illegal drugs were found in Whitney Houston’s hotel room, sources are now reporting that authorities did in fact recover cocaine in the room where the singer died, TMZ reports. Official documents show one of the items police recovered was “white, powdery remnants” which was tested and found to be cocaine. […]

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The Los Angeles County coroner’s office has determined that Whitney Houston’s official cause of death is accidental “drowning and effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use.” The iconic singer was found in the bathtub of her Beverly Hilton Hotel room on Feb. 11, hours before a pre-Grammy party. She was 48. The toxicology report […]

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The funeral for Whitney Houston will take place Saturday, February 18 at noon at Newark, New Jersey’s New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston sang as a child. Please join us for a moment of silence and prayer as we reflect on the life, the legacy and the musical memory of our beloved Whitney Houston on […]

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Aretha Franklin appeared on the Today Show today for an interview conducted by NBC’s Al Roker. The legendary Queen of Soul covered a range of topics surrounding the life, death and legacy of her goddaughter, Whitney Houston. Portions of the interview will be broadcast on NBC Dateline later tonight. RELATED: Whitney Houston Obituary Released [PHOTOS] […]

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Memorial Keepsakes and M. J. Edwards Funeral Home, the New Jersey funeral home entrusted with the final arrangements of Whitney Houston, have released an obituary honoring the life of our favorite “Jersey Girl.” Services for Houston, who died Saturday, February 11, 2012, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA the night before the […]

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At the beginning of services at The Potter’s House in Dallas this past Sunday, Bishop TD Jakes spoke about the passing of Whitney Houston. Bishop Jakes is the co-producer of “Sparkle,” which Whitney starred in before her untimely death. “Sometimes when you are a celebrity people forget you are a person,” said Jakes. Watch the […]

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There still will be no public memorial service for Whitney Houston, but a publicist for the late singer told CNN that Saturday’s funeral in Newark, New Jersey will be made available for television and web streaming. The services will be held at New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston sang as a child. Services begin at […]

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Chaka Khan spoke with CNN’s Piers Morgan about the death of Whitney Houston and questioned why Clive Davis held his pre-Grammy party after Whitney’s death. Chaka called the decision “insanity” and criticized those who let it happen: “I thought that was complete insanity,” Chaka Khan, who sang with Whitney Houston on ‘I’m Every Woman’, explained. […]

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Bobby Brown has dismissed reports he is unwelcome at Whitney Houston’s funeral. As we previously reported, Whitney’s private funeral will take place this Saturday at her childhood church in Newark, New Jersey. ABC News reported that some people in Houston’s family didn’t want Brown to attend the service at New Hope Baptist Church, but they […]

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Whitney Houston’s godmother, the legendary Aretha Franklin, sang a tribute to her late goddaughter at a recent concert in Charlotte. Aretha asked the audience to pray for Houston’s family and called Houston “the greatest voice to ever live.” Take a look at Aretha Franklin’s emotional tribute to Whitney Houston: RELATED: Whitney Houston Private Funeral Set […]

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Whitney Houston’s funeral will take place at the church where she grew up in Newark, New Jersey this Saturday. The funeral will be private and will take place at the New Hope Baptist Church in Houston’s hometown of Newark. There will be no public service. Carolyn Whigham, owner of Whigham Funeral Home, told the NY […]

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Whitney Houston’s rendition of the song “I Will Always Love You” made it a bonafide classic, but it was country music legend Dolly Parton who originally recorded the song. Dolly Parton released the following statement about the passing of Whitney Houston on her website: Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over […]