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Source: CNN / TMZ /USA Today / Billboard /US Weekly

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Posted: Saturday February 11, 2012 @ 5:35 p.m. PST

Link 1: CELEBRITIES REPOND TO THE DEATH OF WHITNEY HOUSTON

Link 2: Jaejoong, Yoochun, Junsu (JYJ) Singing Whitney Houston “I Have Nothing” Video

CNN: Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48, her representative Kristen Foster said Saturday night.

The cause of death and where she died were not immediately known.

According to her official website, Houston sold more than 170 million albums, singles and videos over her career.

Houston was set to appear in this year’s “Sparkle,” a remake of the 1976 hit, which was loosely based on the story of The Supremes. It was her first movie role since 1996’s “The Preacher’s Wife.”

Her body of work includes seven straight Billboard No. 1 hits in the 1980s, including “Saving All My Love for You,” “Greatest Love of All” and “Where Do Broken Hearts Go.” Billboard puts her soundtrack to the movie “The Bodyguard” as one of the top 10 biggest-selling albums of all time.

The daughter of singer Cissy Houston, Whitney was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. Famed music producer Clive Davis reportedly spotted Houston 20 years later in a New York nightclub, signing her on the spot, according to her website.

In May 2011, Houston got help for her much-publicized struggle with drugs and alcohol, her representative said at the time.

UPDATE: ACCODRING TO TMZ, Dionne Warwick and Cissy Houston spoke with Whitney Houston by phone just before she died and say Whitney seemed fine … TMZ has learned.
Whitney’s mother, Cissy Houston, spoke with her daughter 25-30 minutes before she died and nothing seemed unusual … sources tell TMZ. We’re told they talked about attending the Clive Davis pre-Grammy party.
Dionne Warwick, Whitney’s cousin, called as well … several hours before Whitney died … to make sure they were sitting at the same table at Clive’s party. And again … there were no signs of trouble.
The people in touch with Dionne say she is inconsolable adding, “She is an absolute mess.”
As for Cissy, we’re told she is “hysterical.”

UPDATE: ACCORDING TO BILLBOARD VIA US WEEKLY BOBBY BROWN REPONDS:obby Brown performed as scheduled at a New Edition concert on Saturday, but not before displaying his emotions over the  death of his ex-wife Whitney Houston.

He told the crowd in Southaven, Miss.: “First of all, I want to tell you that I love you all. Second, I would like to say, I love you, Whitney! The hardest thing for me to do is to come on this stage.”

Brown’s voice then reportedly cracked while attempting to sing a ballad, and he left the stage for a brief time.  According reports, one of Houston’s early hits, “You Give Good     Love,” played over the loudspeakers during an intermission.

An Us Weekly report claims Brown broke down     and sobbed during the song “Tenderoni.”

BETTER VIEW OF THE HOTEL:

WHITNEY HOUSTON’S LAST PERFORMANCE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2012: