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texasleo

(11,298 posts) Sat Feb 11, 2012, 09:05 PM Feb 2012

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Whitney Houston --- Dead at 48

http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/11/whitney-houston-dead/#.TzcQElF618E

Whitney Houston died this afternoon ... a rep for the singer told the Associated Press.

Houston won two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards during her record-breaking career. Her album "Whitney" was the first female album to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard Charts. She has sold 200 albums world wide.

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Whitney Houston --- Dead at 48 (Original Post) texasleo Feb 2012 OP

OMG! Seriously? polly7 Feb 2012 #1

Yep. GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #2

Oh nooooo ..... polly7 Feb 2012 #3

yet blueknight Feb 2012 #4

That's a good question. Horribly unfair, isn't it? polly7 Feb 2012 #6

What??? UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2012 #5

What's REALLY weird is that my wife wanted to watch "Bodyguard" last night. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #7

polly7

(20,582 posts)

1. OMG! Seriously?

Reply to texasleo (Original post)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 09:07 PM

Feb 2012

GoCubsGo

(32,103 posts)

2. Yep.

Reply to polly7 (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 09:08 PM

Feb 2012

Just saw the headline on Yahoo!. What a shame.

polly7

(20,582 posts)

3. Oh nooooo .....

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 09:14 PM

Feb 2012

She was so young ... how tragic.

blueknight

(2,831 posts)

4. yet

Reply to polly7 (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 09:18 PM

Feb 2012

dick cheney is still alive! how does this stuff happen?

polly7

(20,582 posts)

6. That's a good question. Horribly unfair, isn't it?

Reply to blueknight (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 09:46 PM

Feb 2012

She gave so much.

RIP, Whitney

UnrepentantLiberal

(11,700 posts)

5. What???

Reply to texasleo (Original post)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 09:20 PM

Feb 2012

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

7. What's REALLY weird is that my wife wanted to watch "Bodyguard" last night.

Reply to texasleo (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 11:20 AM

Feb 2012

We were both too tired and neither of us knew about her death. I saw the video case this morning before seeing the article in the paper.

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