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Whitney 'partied heavily', ex-husband Brown distraught
Ex-husband Bobby Brown distraught over her death and is going “in and out of crying fits”
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- Published: 07:10 February 12, 2012
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- With a ferociously powerful voice and a dazzling range, Whitney Houston achieved stardom as a pop-soul singer known as "the Voice" and the "Queen of Pop."
Dubai: Whitney Houston "partied heavily" on Friday night at the Beverly HIlton hotel where she was staying, drinking and chatting loudly with friends in the bar, according to TMZ.com, who site a source.
Her mother Cissy Houston and friend and singer Dionne Warwick have, however, maintained the singer sounded fine just hours before her death.
The website also claimed Houston's ex-husband, Bobby Brown, who is alleged to have introduced her to a life of drugs, is distraught over her death and is going “in and out of crying fits.”
Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy party, which Houston, was supposed to open, is going on as scheduled this evening, though Davis himself will not be in attendance.
Police are currently seeking a search warrant to investigate the hotel room where Houston was found dead. TMZ.com sources have told the celebrity website that a member of Houston’s entourage found her in her 4th-floor room at the Beverly Hilton hotel and called hotel security who then dialed 911.
When paramedics arrived Houston was found unresponsive. Paramedics then reportedly performed CPR but it did not work and she was pronounced dead at 3:55pm on Saturday.
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There have been no obvious signs of foul play, but detectives have begun a full investigation, the website added.
Fact Box
- Whitney Houston won six Grammys, 30 Billboard awards and 22 American Music Awards in a 25-year career. According to the Guinness Book of Records, she was the most-honoured female singer with more than 400 awards.
- She released seven studio albums, the most recent in 2009.
- Her best-known hits include I will Always Love You, Saving All my Love for You and I Wanna Dance with Somebody and she has sold more than 170 million albums worldwide.
- Houston's movies included The Bodyguard in 1992 with Kevin Costner, The Preacher's Wife with Denzel Washington and Waiting to Exhale. She had recently finished filming Sparkle, described as the musical drama of a girl group dealing with fame and drugs, that is scheduled for release in August.
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