Such a waste. I assume it was drug related?

This is such sad news. I've always thought that the soundtrack from The Bodyguard had an almost perfect content for an album. Her voice on that set of songs was amazing.

I saw that on the internet first, then on tv. How sad...she's my daughter's age. Even CNN is only saying that she died at the Beverly Hills Hilton where she was going to attend a Clive Davis party tonight. No word on how she died.

OMG! How horrible.

Just watched "The Bodyguard" again a few nights ago.
Such a beautiful voice. Such a waste.

Just heard it on the news how sad

So incredibly sad, such and wonderful talent. I wish her fmaily peace and strength in the coming hours, days and weeks. I have no doubt this will be awful for them.

Loved her music, am sorry for her family's loss....

That is such a pity.

She will be missed.

So Sad I loved her music.

The news report I read said that the drugs had really wreaked havoc on her body.

She was only 48.

There a picture of her on National Enquirer that I saw tonight while standing in line at the grocery store. It said she was ravaged by drugs and looked so old. Then I came home and found out she died. She was a tremendous talent. I'm sure her body gave out from all the abuse over the years. Very sad.

Made me really sad hearing about Whitney.
I'm glad Whitney's mother and daughter
will have each other to hold on to.

What a terrible waste.

I haven't seen all the causes mentioned though. The
last I heard was it would take several days or longer to know for sure.

RIP Whitney. What amazing talent she was. I'm glad her mom and daughter have each other for support.

I was so sorry to hear this. She truly was a great talent. I agree that the Bodyguard soundtrack was a great album. I feel so sad for her daughter and mother. I've always thought, and maybe I'm wrong, that her marriage to Bobby Brown was the start of her downward spiral.

I'm sorry to hear it too but she was a low life druggie. She could have done so much with her life but she chose to go the drug route. The one I feel sorry for is her daughter that she was forced to grow up in that household and under those conditions......Any child should have better than that....Everyone is blaming BBrown and me too, but she was an adult and she "chose" to be a druggie........

Regardless of how she died, it is clear that drugs "took" her life away. She made some poor choices that led her down that road. It's really sad.

You cannot fill unhappiness and loneliness with substance. the life of a performer can be one of the loneliest. I remember playing New Years in Reno for a crowd of thouseands this past year, and it being super lonely, even walking through the casino and people grabbing at me and saying they loved me etc etc - that is an ineffective way of filling one's bucket. I've observed the "need" for approval in so many that I have worked with, and they all soothe that need with drugs and alcohol. The life of an artist, often times really, really painful and lonely.

I don't know what her demons were but I hope she is at peace and free of them now. I can't sit in judgement of her, that is left for her maker. She made some poor choices in life, who among us has not, I don't think it makes her a lesser human being and I am not sure that she 'chose' the drugs, it's an addiction. I am sorry that her great talent and voice is now silenced, and I am sorry that her daughter has lost her mom, I understand she was taken to the hospital today.

TMZ is saying that she may have taken Xanax, which reportedly she took before performing to help her relax, had alcohol the night before, and that she may have passed out and drowned in the bathtub. Her face was under water when she was found.

and now her dd is in the hospital...

Whitney Houston's grief-stricken daughter was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital this morning for unspecified reasons, as officials try to determine how the superstar singer died yesterday in her hotel room.

The Beverly Hills Fire Department says Bobbi Kristina Brown was taken from the Beverly Hills Hilton around 10:30 a.m., less than a day after her mother died in a room at the same hotel.

The 18-year-old's condition was not immediately known. The celebrity website TMZ is reporting that this is the second time Bobbi Kristina has been taken to a hospital since Houston was found face-down and underwater in her bathtub yesterday.

REUTERS
Flowers and a card are seen, left as a memorial to deceased singer Whitney Houston, in front of the New Hope Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir, in Newark, New Jersey today.

It was a shock and such a great talent is lost. the only song I did not like was "I will always love you".

What i find interesting is that she had gone to the throat doctor a few days ago. Makes me wonder if he had bad news for her. Would hate to think it was a suicide.

RIP Whitney.

SamKaren
your resident DJ

It is a loss of a great talent. I wouldn't be so quick to blame Bobby Brown. She was in the fashion industry (teen aged model) and the music biz even as a young teen.

Drugs are rampant in both arenas. Teen models are under pressure to stay thin, develop eating disorders and use drugs to stay thin. Not unheard of for doctors to prescribe diet drugs back then. Not every one in the music industry falls into the drug culture but it is certainly there for the taking.

Samkaren you are the one other person I've seen who doesn't like her version of I will Always Love You. I can't stand it. But I really liked all her other stuff.

RIP Whitney.

Drug addiction isn't limitied to just performers. I've known many people in many walks of life to have substance abuse issues.

I love her ballads. One of my favorites : All the Man that I Need and Where Do Broken Hearts Go.

MY opinion is the same as Ruthies. For her to tell Diane Sawyer I think it was "CRACK I DONT DO CRACK. CRACK IS CHEAP. I DO MARIJUANA, COCAINE AND PILLS WHY WOULD I DO CRACK WITH ALL OF THE MONEY I HAVE" Now I'm supposed to feel sorry about it I dont think so.

It just stunned me...I was turning off the lights and reading a bit on facebook and a friend did a "RIP Whitney Houston"...I immediately got back up and watched two hours of news...needless to say my butt was dragin at work yesterday!

I hate it that she got caught up in drugs...I think she was clean but still working her way back...its just a shame that an endless supply of money seems to lead people to that path...I feel so bad for her daughter...Her voice was so powerful and "The Bodyguard" soundtrack is one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard...there wasn't a bad song on it!