Whitney Houston Burial

Whitney Houston Burial, Whitney Houston was laid to rest on Sunday in a private burial before family and close friends near her birthplace in Newark, New Jersey, more than a week after her sudden death shocked the world.

The pop star, whose powerful voice fuelled her rise to fame in the mid-1980s with self-titled albums that made her a global pop star, died in a Beverly Hills hotel room last week. She was found underwater in a bathtub, but an exact cause of death has yet to be determined.

Dozens of fans lined the edge of street barriers as the procession carrying Houston’s body drove by under tight security from a funeral home in Newark, New Jersey to the Forest Lawn cemetery in nearby Westfield where Houston’s body was buried next to her father.

“It was emotional,” Teresa Giannetta, 35, who lives in Westfield and showed up with her daughter, Julia, 8, said after the hearse went by. Like many fans, Giannetta said she grew up listening to Houston’s music and likened the singer to “the voice of my childhood.”

“It’s bittersweet to have her buried so close to home for us,” she said.

Houston was laid to rest in her burial site after stars, family and friends mourned her in a spirited Baptist funeral service at her hometown church on Saturday. The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark was where Houston honed her wide vocal range as a young choral singer with her mother Cissy Houston, a backup singer for Aretha Franklin.

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston may be out of the spotlight, but that does not mean less of a diva. The R & B icon delay of a Delta Airlines flight yesterday refused to give up her seat belt.

TMZ reports that Whitney boarded a plane in Atlanta on Wednesday, but hardly the flight took off. Houston refused to comply when asked by a crew member for the seat belt during the standard pre-flight procedures.

After being warned she would be forced to leave the plane if a seat belt fastened, Whitney did not follow orders, but allowed a flight attendant to tie the game for her. The aircraft was cleared after takeoff.