Richard Lightstone, CAS Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 AP reports that Whitney Houson, 48 has died, news from her Publicist, Kristen Foster. The news service says the cause and the location of her death were unknown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 How sad, a great voice silenced by bad life style choices. RIP Whitney. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Addiction has felled the famous, infamous, and anonymous, the brave and cowardly. It is sad and all to human to be crushed by it. May she and all who die by any addiction finally rest in peace. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lightstone, CAS Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Unfortunately Whitney was on a downward spiral for the last several years. I am friends with a very famous vocal coach who had been working with her for the last year, in her attempt to revive her career. When I asked him how she was doing, he admitted that when Whitney came to him she was in really bad shape (health wise) and that was last year. She leaves a young child behind too. Anyone who has become addicted to either booze or drugs has a painful and extremely difficult road to recovery and especially someone with her fame, has too many enablers. We have lost another amazing talent among many who have succumbed. God Speed Whitney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Sorensen Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Gentlemen, your compassion and empathy is heartwarming. Having survived addiction myself, these situations always hit close to home. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 The timing couldn't be more dramatic: the day before the Grammy Awards. Very tragic. The tabloid press and the websites are going absolutely berserk about this. I feel very bad for her family, particularly mother Cissy Houston and cousin Dionne Warwick, who the police refused to let into the hotel room to view the body this afternoon. Quite a mess. We did several of Whitney's 1980s music videos at Complete Post in LA, and I thought her performances were stellar. Never met her personally, though the directors spoke very highly of her (back then). It's a really tragic waste of a great talent. Whitney had just wrapped a co-starring role in a feature, Sparkle, which is due out this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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