Whitney Houston, Dead at 48

[MafiaPrincess]

They haven't released the COD, sadly it was likely drugs..

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap...Rdg-RQ?docId=0eddb019206a4ad19c15c120c2c17762

 

[Kat09Tails]

Can't say no one saw that coming

 

[MafiaPrincess]

Yeah sadly I know.. Still sucks, she was uber talented.

 

[sparks19]

Wow that is crazy. Such a tragedy. She was such a fixture during the early 90's. Hard to believe that shes gone

 

[Laurelin]

Oh man that is really sad. She was so talented.

 

[~Jessie~]

That's so sad. I went to a concert of hers with my mom when I was 8. We always listened to her music.

 

[Doberluv]

Oh how very sad. She was wonderful. Gosh, so young.

 

[eddieq]

She was extraordinarily talented in her youth. Sadly, her drug use ravaged her body and her career making her fairly irrelevant in the last several years. RIP Whitney. Your talents are missed.

 

[katielou]

Goodbye to another part of my childhood!

Crazy but not unexpected.

 

[AdrianneIsabel]

Can't say no one saw that coming

This.

Sucks but didn't she have a quote out a while ago that hurt her pretty badly along the lines of "Yeah I do drugs, it's my choice and I'll keep doing them as long as I want"?

 

[sillysally]

This is so sad.

My mom was a fan of hers and I grew up listening to her music. So much talent to give up to drugs

 

[Beanie]

If it wasn't from drugs now it was likely due to all the drug abuse years ago... I'm sure it did serious damage to her heart...

Very sad... yet another incredibly talented person basically throwing their life (and talent) away. =<

 

[Jules]

How sad. I feel compelled to watch The Bodyguard now.

 

[ThoseWordsAtBest]

Very sad... yet another incredibly talented person basically throwing their life (and talent) away. =<

I don't really think of it that way. She was a drug addict struggling with her disease. Talented or not, that is something incredibly difficult to over come.

 

[AdrianneIsabel]

The act of engaging in drugs is the point when people consider you are throwing away your talent. Largely it is not a reaction to hurt the drug user but a result of being hurt by the drug user.

I have used my fair share of drugs and my ex is still a heavy user. I know my way around addictions and it is not unfair to call it a waste of talent nor throwing away talent, the later especially when there is minimal effort towards getting clean.

 

[JacksonsMom]

This sucks. I was saddened to hear the news. Wasn't a HUGE fan or anything but what a talent she brought to the world. RIP Whitney.

 

[Lilavati]

Oh, how sad. And so young. I listened to a lot of her music as a kid in the late eighties, early nineties, so I guess I was a fan at the time. She was very talented; I always wondered why she wasn't still making music.

RIP.

 

[Miakoda]

I read last night that she was struggling with her music, as the drugs/drug use had a large negative impact on her voice. It was said that her voice was raspy, and she did not have near the range she used to.

What I find sad is seeing so many people rely on outside people to validate their self-worth. It seems to be a problem everywhere, but especially for singers and actors (both industries where people lose their personal identities to their roles and abilities).

 

[blue]

At least she beat Bobby Brown to death.

 

[Zoom]

Too soon, Blue, too soon.