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The Mighty Builder wrote:Whitney Houston Dead at age 48

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=192024 ... featured-2


Why is this sad news?
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LDSToronto wrote:
The Mighty Builder wrote:Whitney Houston Dead at age 48

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=192024 ... featured-2


Why is this sad news?

Um....because she was such a talented singer, and it is a shame that she left the world so young.
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my wife just told me of this. Sad indeed! I used to play her song on the piano. Tears.
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I have nothing, nothing, nothing without her.
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Imho, her personal life took a turn for the worse when she hooked up with Bobby Brown and she never fully recovered. Never seemed the same to me after that.
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liz3564 wrote:
LDSToronto wrote:
Why is this sad news?

Um....because she was such a talented singer, and it is a shame that she left the world so young.


I didn't know Whitney Houston personally, and I think her music was a blight on this earth.

I am indifferent.

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Darth J wrote:I have nothing, nothing, nothing without her.


Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxYw0XPEoKE&ob=av2n
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