Whitney Houston,
along with the late Michael Jackson, has helped in paving the way for black
artists to utilize mainstream media and gain global support in the music
industry. The cousin of singer Dionne Warwick, Houston shot into international
fame after her discovery in the 80s.
In 1992, she got
married to another artist, Bobby Brown, who seem to have the opposite
upbringing than her. However, her career made a turn for the bad after her
marriage. During the late 90's, she was already notorious for cancellations of
appearances, late arrivals and no-shows. Rumors started to circulate that she
was doing drugs with her husband.
Houston was arrested
in 2002 for having marijuana but during a prime-time TV interview, she denied
ever having or using drugs.
Houston's marriage
ended in 2007 and she entered a rehab for drug use. But she admitted herself
that her drug use was not halted even after finishing the rehab program.
After 2 years,
Houston launched a comeback album (after seven years), 'I Look To You' and
promoted it during an interview with Oprah Winfrey. But as the events of the
past several years have proven, rehab had not been effective for Houston as
opposed to how it had redeemed Robert Downey Jr.
Recently, people are
speculating that her fall from fame has dried out her fortune. Having no
planned albums in the future, her only comeback appearance was the film Sparkle
which will be released in August. She played a supporting role alongside singer
Jordin Sparks -- her first in almost 6 years. There were also rumors that
Houston was one of the possible choices as a judge in the singing competition,
'The X Factor' but those were flatly denied by Simon Cowell.
Just hours into the
54th annual Grammy Awards, Houston was found dead in her hotel room with the
cause of death remaining unknown.
Coroner's officials
are not going to release details regarding the autopsy on Sunday due to the
request of investigators. In fact, the police are not saying anything about any
evidence or the condition of the room where she was found.
Investigators noted
that there are no blatant signs of trauma on her body but they are not ready to
say what really caused the death for the results of toxicology tests will take
weeks to obtain.
The 48-year old
multi-awarded singer has last performed on Thursday night in a pre-Grammy
event.
Houston's body was found in her hotel room in Beverly
Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, hours before the start of the pre-Grammy gala on
Saturday where she was supposed to appear.
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