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NOT ME – WIKI ;-) – I AM REALLY NOT THAT GOOD WITH REVIEWS ;-)



QUICK FACTS
NAME
Whitney Houston

OCCUPATION
Film Actress, Singer
BIRTH DATE
August 9, 1963
DEATH DATE
February 11, 2012
PLACE OF BIRTH
Newark, New Jersey
PLACE OF DEATH
Beverly Hills, California

QUOTES
I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.

I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.

God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?
—Whitney Houston




Troubled Times
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Houston's increasingly rocky marriage, struggles with drugs and health problems threatened to derail her career.

Several concert cancellations and a notorious TV interview with Diane Sawyer in 2002 in which Houston appeared far too thin and in poor health led many to speculate that she was on the verge of a breakdown.

Over the next few years, Houston attempted to repair her marriage and to break her drug habit, but after several relapses her mother Cissy had to step in. As Houston explained to Oprah Winfrey in 2009: "[My mother] walks in with the sheriff and she says: 'I have a court injunction here. You do it my way or we're not going to do this at all. You're going to go on TV, and you're going to retire. And say you're going to give this up because it's not worth it.'" Whitney took a break from her career, divorced Bobby Brown in 2007 and won sole custody of their child, Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown.

After almost a decade of struggling with her personal life, Houston seemed to be pulling herself together. She released a new album, I Look To You, in 2009. "The songs themselves will speak to you and you'll understand where I am and some of the changes I've gone through for the better,"

Death and Legacy
Whitney Houston died at the age of 48 on February 11, 2012, in Los Angeles at a Beverly Hilton hotel where a Grammy party was being held by Clive Davis. Houston had been seen out in the days before her death

The effects of heart disease and cocaine found in her system were contributing factors as well. With her passing, the music world lost one of its most legendary stars. Davis once said that Houston "is in the great tradition of great, great singers, whether it's Lena Horne or Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughn or Gladys Knight."

SO KIDS DO NOT DO DRUGS – it will ruin you forever



What I never could understand if you written this song why did she not love herself in the end – I think the only reason is she gave up and drugs took away her outlook on life :-(.

Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYzlVDlE72w

I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be

No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity

Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me

I found the greatest love of all
Inside of me

The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all
And if, by chance, that special place
That you've been dreaming of
Leads you to a lonely place
Find your strength in love

One thing I can say to all – DO NOT EVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS! – AND STAY HUMBLE AND KIND, and Stick and stones can break your bones – But words can only break you if you let it! ( )