Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48

[Mitsuru]

American singer and actress Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48.

A spokesman for Houston's family confirmed the news, telling Reuters:
"Unfortunately, it is true."

The cause and the location of her death were unclear, Houston's publicist
Kristen Foster told the AP news agency.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17001548

[rich.]

a sad waste of a overpaid & over rated lady.. i suppose we will have to put up with her awful caterwauling on the tv & radio for the next few months..

[sanchaaze]

my sympathy to her friends and family but......

The cause and the location of her death were unclear, Houston's publicist
Kristen Foster told the AP news agency.

SERIOUSLY????????
its hardly a
secret about her pastimes is it?

[Maaarrghk]

The real surprise is that "no-one" could see it coming. We could just as easily say that it is surprising that she lived to such a relatively ripe old age.

I once heard Sheila Chandra cover "I will always love you" - miles better!