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Whitney Houston Funeral Video

February 19, 2012 by · Comments Off on Whitney Houston Funeral Video 

Whitney Houston Funeral Video, WHITNEY Houston’s grieving mother knew that her daughter would die young, she revealed at the superstar singer’s funeral on Saturday.

In a message to her ‘baby girl’ gospel singer Cissy Houston admitted: “I never told you that when you were born, the Holy Spirit told me that you would not be with me long.

“But I thank God for the beautiful flower he allowed me to raise and cherish for 48 years. Rest, my baby girl in peace.”

The emotional tribute came in the form of a letter published in the order of service, and was simply signed ‘Mommie’.

Whitney was found dead in the bath of her Los Angeles hotel room last week, just hours before she was due to attend the Grammy Awards. Police are still investigating the cause of death.

Whitney Houston Funeral Live

February 18, 2012 by · Comments Off on Whitney Houston Funeral Live 

Whitney Houston Funeral Live, Whitney Houston, one of the world’s biggest music artists who died last Saturday at age 48, is set to be remembered today at New Hope Baptist Church in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey today at 12pm EST. Daughter Bobbi Kristina, ex-husband Bobby Brown and around 1,500 other members of her family and friends are expected to attend the private funeral service today.

“The Bodyguard” co-star Kevin Costner and longtime producer Clive Davis are also set to speak at the funeral, as well as Aretha Franklin, CeCe Winans and Stevie Wonder, who will sing.

TMZ posted photographs of daughter Bobbi Kristina, who was with Houston in Los Angeles when she died, arriving in New Jersey last night. Outside of New Hope Baptist Church, fans have been laying down balloons, flowers, cards and other commemorative material. The streets surrounding the church have also been been shut down to the public for the service.

Houston is set to be buried next to father John Houston, in Westfield, New Jersey. The hearse carrying Houston’s casket was seen departing from Whigham Funeral Home for the church Saturday morning at around 10am.

Whitney Houston Funeral Televised Time

February 18, 2012 by · Comments Off on Whitney Houston Funeral Televised Time 

Whitney Houston Funeral Televised Time, A close friend of Whitney Houston’s family may have said it best: They would have loved her, even if she couldn’t sing.

But how she could sing. Houston, the six-time Grammy Award winner and only artist to consecutively chart seven No. 1 hits, will be remembered Saturday in the Newark, New Jersey, church where she performed as a child in front of her family and community.

In addition to her family, those expected to celebrate Houston’s life at New Hope Baptist Church will include entertainment mogul Tyler Perry; “The Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin; Grammy Award winner Stevie Wonder; and Academy Award winner Kevin Costner.

The fact that Houston’s funeral will bring a coterie of “A-listers” together is hardly surprising. After all, she had worked for nearly 30 years with the best in the business.

But it isn’t her fame that will be most celebrated at the invitation-only funeral beginning at noon, said family friend and Pastor Marvin Winans.

Instead, the message to the 1,500 mourners expected to fill the red-brick church — and the millions more watching on television or online — will be reminiscent of words from Paul the Apostle.

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

For a few hours Saturday, the story won’t be about Houston’s reported drinking days before she died or about the prescription pills being tested as investigators seek a cause of her still-unexplained death a week ago at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

In Newark, 2,700 miles away from Los Angeles, they will remember the 11-year-old girl nicknamed “Nippy,” who followed in the footsteps of her mother, Cissy, by singing in the junior gospel choir. They will remember Houston the superstar, returning for Easter Sunday services, never losing her roots after making it big.

They will remember, through tears and joy, that incredible voice.

Houston’s family will be comforted by neighbors and fellow church members in what the family is calling a “home going” service, according to the funeral invitation that features a photo of a smiling Houston.

Whitney Houston Funeral Televised

February 17, 2012 by · Comments Off on Whitney Houston Funeral Televised 

Whitney Houston Funeral Televised, As preparations continue for what’s expected to be a star-studded funeral for Whitney Houston, New Jersey police have urged fans to stay away from the private service.

On Thursday, Newark police said that six square blocks around the New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston began singing as a child, would be cordoned off on Saturday and that fans would not be allowed in.

Newark police director Samuel DeMaio advised fans to stay home to watch the funeral, which will be broadcast on TV and streamed online. He also said there would be no procession from Newark’s Whigham Funeral Home, where Houston’s body is resting, to the church.

However, as of Friday morning, fans and media had already gathered outside the church.

In New Jersey, devotees have left flowers, photos, messages and other tribute items to the singer at the church, the funeral home and the school renamed for Houston. Fans have appealed for a public memorial where they can also unite to grieve the singer.

The singer’s final resting place will be next to her father, John Russell Houston Jr., at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, N.J. following Saturday’s funeral, a source close to the family told The Associated Press.

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