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Following the tragic and sudden death of Whitney Houston, author James Robert Parish's updated biography takes a look at the amazing career of the superstar and her tumultuous life Whitney Houston burst onto the international music scene in 1985 with her début album, winning a Grammy Award for the single "Saving All My Love For You." After that, the acclaimed artist released only a limited amount of new material, yet her preeminence in the industry and her enormous popularity with music fans was unwavering. This comprehensive biography reflects on the extraordinary journey which took the controversial personality from a problematic childhood in a broken New Jersey home, to becoming the talented protégée of powerful Arista producer Clive Davis, to the height of her diva days mired with peculiar behavior and drug abuse. Parish explains how the shy, pretty young girl from a devoutly religious background turned into the subject of lurid tabloid gossip, much of it concerning her turbulent relationship with Bobby Brown, and pays tribute to her incredible talent and legacy. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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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 :-(.
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! ( )