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(02-12-2012 05:18 PM)b Wrote:  I know people and have family members who have fought, still fighting, or loss the battle to their demons. I'm really happy none of you do.

Drug abuse is a sickness and it doesn't make them a bad person. Pretty sure I can say without fear of contradiction that whitney has done more for others then you folks who are attacking her combined. You'd think she'd blew up a daycare center the way some of you are talking.

I remember watching Nixon's funeral on tv. at the time the only thing i knew about him was watergate and everyone makes jokes about him. During the service they only spoke of the good things, that's the way it should be. What's lower then kicking a dead person?

Hop off your high horse for 5 minutes and think about all the people you like, be it an actor, musician, or athlete and i'll bet some of them are using drugs or have broken a law or two.

You don't have to shed a tear or anything but to some she was a mother, a daughter, a friend. People who didn't need the tabloids to form their opinion of her. She'll have more people at her funeral then you'll have at yours. So I'll wish her family peace and be grateful i have another day on this earth. I'm getting to an age when people around my age and some people who are younger then me are dying.
It's kinda scary.

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(02-12-2012 05:18 PM)b Wrote:  I know people and have family members who have fought, still fighting, or loss the battle to their demons. I'm really happy none of you do.

Drug abuse is a sickness and it doesn't make them a bad person. Pretty sure I can say without fear of contradiction that whitney has done more for others then you folks who are attacking her combined. You'd think she'd blew up a daycare center the way some of you are talking.

I remember watching Nixon's funeral on tv. at the time the only thing i knew about him was watergate and everyone makes jokes about him. During the service they only spoke of the good things, that's the way it should be. What's lower then kicking a dead person?

Hop off your high horse for 5 minutes and think about all the people you like, be it an actor, musician, or athlete and i'll bet some of them are using drugs or have broken a law or two.

You don't have to shed a tear or anything but to some she was a mother, a daughter, a friend. People who didn't need the tabloids to form their opinion of her. She'll have more people at her funeral then you'll have at yours. So I'll wish her family peace and be grateful i have another day on this earth. I'm getting to an age when people around my age and some people who are younger then me are dying.
It's kinda scary.

I know what you are saying.

I am experiencing way too much death of people who are within my age group more or less. It is absolutely scary.

Whitney had an incredible voice in her youth and sang national anthem better than it had ever been done previously or since.

Yeah her personal life was a wreck and given the number of years and volume of hard drugs she had taken a tragic end was absolutely foreseeable and maybe even inevitable. You can only play with explosives for so long until you finally clip the wrong wire.

Bobbi Brown however seems far more "professional" in his drug abuse. I could see him claiming the grizzled junkie mantle "Keith Richards" currently holds.
 
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(02-12-2012 01:49 PM)subflea Wrote:  Some crack dealer is really worried about how he is going to make it through the next year after losing so much of his profits. Poor guy.

Unfortunately, there were MANY customers before Whitney, and there will be more than enough afterward. Illegal drugs will continue to be one of the few growth industries remaining.
 
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(02-11-2012 09:47 PM)BeerCat Wrote:  Let the turning her into a saint begin. She was a crack head who could sing. Nothing more.

Really?

Have you donated millions of dollars to anything? Has a hospital - much less two hospitals - named anything after you? The proceeds from her SuperBowl Appearance version of the "Star Spangled Banner" went to support Gulf War Troops and later that same version was re-released which raised $1 million to 9-11 firefighter victims..

Before you totally dismiss her because of her alleged cause of death - and sink into an endless parade of negativity - perhaps a little balance is needed.

To portray Houston as nothing more than a crack head who could sing is a bit unfair. From the list below, it appears she didn't always think just about herself:


Charity biography

Whitney Houston shot to fame in the 1980s when she became one of the first African-American female artists to receive regular rotation on MTV – a feat that successfully opened doors for other women to find success in music and movies. Best known for her work with Kevin Costner in “The Bodyguard”, Houston has led a life of service to others when not on screen or behind a microphone.

The 44-year-old first showed her socially-conscious side when still a model, before her fame rocketed her to stardom. Back then she refused to work for agencies that did business with South Africa, due to the country’s regime of apartheid. It was an issue that she later brought to the attention of the world when she performed at Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Concert in London, an event that brought pressure on the Government to ease its restrictions and eventually release the future president of South Africa.

Following the concert, Houston formed the Whitney Houston Foundation for Children, an organization that cared for the homeless and children with cancer and AIDS. It eventually brought the singer one of her many awards for her humanitarian work, as did her involvement with the United Negro College Fund.

Houston is also the only artist to turn the national anthem into a chart hit when her rendition of The Star Spangled Banner reached the Top 100 in 1991. She donated her royalties to the Red Cross.

In 1997, the HBO Concert “Classic Whitney live from Washington DC” raised over $300000 for the Children's Defense Fund.

In 2011, she partnered with her sister-in-law in launching a line of scented candles to benefit charity.

For a comprehensive list of Whitney’s charity work, visit Whitney-Fan.com.

Whitney Houston passed away in February, 2012.

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The Whitney Houston Foundation For Children: Formed in 1989, the WHFC aids sick and homeless children, and works toward the prevention of child abuse, teaches children to read, and has built inner city parks and playgrounds. In past years, the foundation also has hosted a Christmas party for homeless children.


The United Negro College Fund is a favorite Whitney Houston charity. She raised a quarter of a million dollars for the UNCF at a 1988 Madison Square Garden concert, appeared on at least two "Lou Rawls Parade of Stars" telethons to benefit the UNCF, and has been honored by the organization for her consistent giving with the Frederick D. Patterson Award. One of Whitney Houston's first gigs was a benefit concert for the UNCF in which she sang "Tomorrow" from the musical "Annie."


The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: Whitney Houston regularly attends their "Carousel of Hope" charity gala and was honored for her giving in 1996 with the Brass Ring Award.


St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital: Founded by the late actor Danny Thomas, this hospital helps critically-ill children without asking for money from their parents or guardians. It is subsidized completely by charitable giving. Whitney Houston has given so much to the hospital over the years that the founder's daughter, Marlo Thomas, honored her at a charity banquet in 1994.


South Africa: The announcement that Whitney Houston would participate in the 1988 Freedom Fest concert event (for a then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela) drew other artists and much media attention. In 1994, Whitney also toured in South Africa, giving concert proceeds to numerous children's charities including two children's museums, the President's Trust Fund (for the freed Nelson Mandela), the Kagiso Foundation and several orphanages. In the 1980s, when Whitney was an up-and-coming fashion model, she also refused to work for any company that did business in then-Apartheid South Africa.


American Red Cross: Whitney Houston donated all of her proceeds from the single and home video sales of her Superbowl XXV rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" to benefit Gulf War troops and their families. Whitney's record company followed suit. Whitney was elected a member of the American Red Cross Board of Directors in 1991.


New York Firefighters and Police: Whitney Houston re-released "The Star Spangled Banner" charity single to benefit the New York Firefighters Disaster Relief Fund and the New York Fraternal Order of Police Fund following terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. She waived her royalty rights to the single, which went on to top the U.S. sales charts in October 2001 and raised more than $1 million.


The Children's Defense Fund: All of Whitney Houston's proceeds from her two "Classic Whitney" concerts in Washington, D.C., totaling a quarter of a million dollars, were donated to this charity.


The National Birth Defects Center: The Boston area center named its Hearing & Language Disorder Clinic after Whitney due to her giving.


UMDNJ University Hospital: The Newark, N.J.-based hospital named its Pediatric Special Care Unit after Whitney Houston due to her giving.


Hale House: Whitney Houston donated enough to this Harlem-based charity that they were able to build a Learning & Recreation Center.


Rainbow House: Whitney Houston has provided financial assistance to this shelter for adolescent mothers and for children with HIV and AIDS.


Russian Aid Fund: In February 2004, Whitney donated 1 million rubles to the Aid Fund for victims of a bomb attack in the Moscow subway. The funds were raised by her performances in Moscow.


T.J. Martell Foundation: Whitney Houston has supported this foundation, which funds research for leukemia, cancer and AIDS.


Harlem Boys Choir, New Jersey State PBA, and The Youth of Atlantic City: Whitney donated proceeds from her only 1990 U.S. concert appearances to these three charities.


Debt Relief: Whitney supported a cyber petition by international debt relief campaign Jubilee 2000 to persuade world leaders to erase debt owed by 40 of the world's poorest nations.


Wyclef Jean Foundation: Whitney Houston participated in a Carnegie Hall benefit that earned about $250,000 for this foundation in January 1991.


Welcome Home Heroes: Whitney's Easter Sunday 1991 concert in Norfolk, Va., was free for returning Gulf War veterans and their families. HBO, which televised the event live, encouraged cable systems to descramble their signal so everyone could enjoy the show for free.


1994 Rainforest Benefit: Whitney Houston made a surprise guest performance at this event, notable for Whitney's singing a bit of "La Donna e Mobile" from Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto." She also performed "If It's Magic" and "I Will Always Love You."


For the 1992 movie premiere of "The Bodyguard," proceeds went to The Whitney Houston Foundation For Children and to the Magic Johnson Foundation for pediatric AIDS research .


For the 1996 movie premiere of "The Preacher's Wife," proceeds went to The Whitney Houston Foundation For Children, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Denzel Washington's choice) and a third charity chosen by director Penny Marshall.


Kurdish Refugee Relief 1991: Whitney performed at the "Simple Truth" concert at London's Wembley Stadium and allowed MTV to simulcast her performance of "Miracle" at her Oakland, Calif., concert during a telethon held for this cause.


Fighting AIDS: One of Whitney Houston's favorite causes, highlights include her performance at the Arista 15th Anniversary AIDS Benefit in 1990. She also flew to Los Angeles for the "Commitment for Life" AIDS Benefit in 1994 from her South American tour, and then immediately flew back to resume her concert tour.


Fighting Cancer: Another of Whitney Houston's favorite causes, Whitney performed at a Cancer Research Benefit at Howard University in Washington, D.C.


Michael Bolton Foundation: This charity honored Whitney for her giving in 1995 with a fund-raising gala. In 1997, Bolton's foundation joined forces with Whitney's foundation to honor other charitable artists at a fund-raising gala.


Emmanuel Cancer Foundation: Whitney was unable to attend a 1990 benefit held in her honor, so she turned it into a food drive to benefit this New Jersey chidren's organization.


Special Olympics: Whitney performed at the Opening Ceremonies in 1987 and recorded "Do You Hear What I Hear" for free for their first "A Very Special Christmas" benefit album in 1989.


1988 Olympic Games: Whitney Houston recorded the song "One Moment In Time" for an album of the same name to benefit Olympic athletes.


Ronald McDonald Children's Charities: The South Florida arm of this organization honored Whitney for her giving.


The Bronx Zoo: Whitney Houston donated two lion cubs to the Bronx Zoo in New York City in 1989.


For her 1992 wedding, Whitney asked attendees and fans to contribute to the Whitney Houston Foundation For Children in lieu of gifts.


Whitney Houston has been honored for her charity work by the VH1 Honors in 1995, The First Annual Triumphant SPIRIT Awards by Essence Magazine in 1997, and 1998 Trumpet Awards (organized by Ted Turner).


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(02-15-2012 12:15 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  
(02-12-2012 01:49 PM)subflea Wrote:  Some crack dealer is really worried about how he is going to make it through the next year after losing so much of his profits. Poor guy.

Unfortunately, there were MANY customers before Whitney, and there will be more than enough afterward. Illegal drugs will continue to be one of the few growth industries remaining.

Two of whitney"s most famous quotes were "crack is wack", and "crack is cheap". She was never a crack user. Some of you base your opinion of her off of mad tv skits and the like.

The cause of her death seems to be leaning toward prescription drugs, which seems to be more deadly as of late to celebs then the illegal drugs. you see adults, children, and celebrities popping these xanex, ambiens, etc on tv without the stigma of being called a drug addict.

If people want to call whitney a drug addict, fine. She was. But recently it seemed as though her "pusher" was a doctor--not a crack dealer. That should be the story but it may hit a little too close to home.
 
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(02-15-2012 01:51 PM)b Wrote:  
(02-15-2012 12:15 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  
(02-12-2012 01:49 PM)subflea Wrote:  Some crack dealer is really worried about how he is going to make it through the next year after losing so much of his profits. Poor guy.

Unfortunately, there were MANY customers before Whitney, and there will be more than enough afterward. Illegal drugs will continue to be one of the few growth industries remaining.

Two of whitney"s most famous quotes were "crack is wack", and "crack is cheap". She was never a crack user. Some of you base your opinion of her off of mad tv skits and the like.

The cause of her death seems to be leaning toward prescription drugs, which seems to be more deadly as of late to celebs then the illegal drugs. you see adults, children, and celebrities popping these xanex, ambiens, etc on tv without the stigma of being called a drug addict.

If people want to call whitney a drug addict, fine. She was. But recently it seemed as though her "pusher" was a doctor--not a crack dealer. That should be the story but it may hit a little too close to home.

She might not have died from crack but she was absolutely a long term serious, self-admitted crack user.

Whitney, crack etc
 
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(02-15-2012 02:23 PM)Eastside_J Wrote:  She might not have died from crack but she was absolutely a long term serious, self-admitted crack user.

Whitney, crack etc

The story you cite is from a tabloid magazine which is rehashing an old national enquirer story. Their source is whitney's sister in law-- a drug addict herself. No where in the story does whitney admit to using crack. Don't like the story, create your own I guess.

Houston could have been a crack user. I have no inside knowledge. But it could also be an inlaw trying to make a buck of the name of a famous family member. No credible sources have came forth and claimed she used crack. Again that story evolved from comics. Kinda the way people think sarah palin said she could see russia from her backyard. Not what she actually said but the joke is more poplar then the truth.

Witness is not credible, Old picture, old story, tabloid rag reporting at it's finest.
 
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(02-15-2012 01:51 PM)b Wrote:  
(02-15-2012 12:15 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  
(02-12-2012 01:49 PM)subflea Wrote:  Some crack dealer is really worried about how he is going to make it through the next year after losing so much of his profits. Poor guy.

Unfortunately, there were MANY customers before Whitney, and there will be more than enough afterward. Illegal drugs will continue to be one of the few growth industries remaining.

Two of whitney"s most famous quotes were "crack is wack", and "crack is cheap". She was never a crack user. Some of you base your opinion of her off of mad tv skits and the like.

The cause of her death seems to be leaning toward prescription drugs, which seems to be more deadly as of late to celebs then the illegal drugs. you see adults, children, and celebrities popping these xanex, ambiens, etc on tv without the stigma of being called a drug addict.

If people want to call whitney a drug addict, fine. She was. But recently it seemed as though her "pusher" was a doctor--not a crack dealer. That should be the story but it may hit a little too close to home.

I'll place my bet: She died of a combination of Xanax and alcohol, both of which reduce the respiratory function. Or something of the sort.

It's sad that she self-destructed. But at least she helped others.
 
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(02-15-2012 03:01 PM)b Wrote:  
(02-15-2012 02:23 PM)Eastside_J Wrote:  She might not have died from crack but she was absolutely a long term serious, self-admitted crack user.

Whitney, crack etc

The story you cite is from a tabloid magazine which is rehashing an old national enquirer story. Their source is whitney's sister in law-- a drug addict herself. No where in the story does whitney admit to using crack. Don't like the story, create your own I guess.

Houston could have been a crack user. I have no inside knowledge. But it could also be an inlaw trying to make a buck of the name of a famous family member. No credible sources have came forth and claimed she used crack. Again that story evolved from comics. Kinda the way people think sarah palin said she could see russia from her backyard. Not what she actually said but the joke is more poplar then the truth.

Witness is not credible, Old picture, old story, tabloid rag reporting at it's finest.

Ahhh, ok.

My guess is a list of what Whitney has taken in the last 10 years would include about every heavy drug in existence.

One thing is for sure. The very last person whose statements should be believed about Whitney Houston's drug use is Whitney Houston.
 
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Quote:Ahhh, ok.

My guess is a list of what Whitney has taken in the last 10 years would include about every heavy drug in existence.

And what is your "guess" based on? that's just a broad statement and proves you're just choosing to believe what you want. proof be damned.
This is your own credibility at stake here.

Quote:One thing is for sure. The very last person whose statements should be believed about Whitney Houston's drug use is Whitney Houston.

OK, one of us did not read that story. Maybe you are just back peddling away from your whitney/crack proclamation.

No one has said whitney never used hard drugs. Insinuating she used every hard drug there is? Really?

Did She use crack ?
"First of all, let’s get one thing straight. Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let’s get that straight. Okay? We don’t do crack. We don’t do that. Crack is whack.”

That's what I read in the article, If you read somewhere in the story where she declared her use of crack, then by all means copy the quote for me.
 
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(02-15-2012 03:21 PM)BearcatsUC Wrote:  I'll place my bet: She died of a combination of Xanax and alcohol, both of which reduce the respiratory function. Or something of the sort.

Just last night I read that Houston was seen the previous two days at her hotel stinking drunk - and that one of the prescription medications she was taking was Xanax.
 
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Ctip, Bingo! Whitney Houston was wonderfully talented. But, this country is honoring the wrong people. People like Michael Murphy are even more rare than talented singers -- and, in my eyes, more valuable.

Slightly off topic -- maybe the new ship should have been named after Lt. Murphy??????????
 
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(02-16-2012 12:49 PM)ctipton Wrote:  [Image: 408905_301826799881072_100001612648933_9...7004_n.jpg]

That's pretty silly and caters to people who don't think for themselves IMO.

1. To act as though she is the first celebrity to die and the media make a fuss over is insane. that's been the rule for a long time.

2. It goes both ways, LT. Murphy could have a drug problem or personal issues and deal with them in private. I'm sure demi moore is loving the press she's gotten lately.

3. Chris, do you realized you were the one who posted the story of whitney's passing?
 
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(02-16-2012 12:49 PM)ctipton Wrote:  [Image: 408905_301826799881072_100001612648933_9...7004_n.jpg]

That's pretty silly and caters to people who don't think for themselves IMO.

1. To act as though she is the first celebrity to die and the media make a fuss over is insane. that's been the rule for a long time.

2. It goes both ways, LT. Murphy could have a drug problem or personal issues and deal with them in private. I'm sure demi moore is loving the press she's gotten lately.

3. Chris, do you realized you were the one who posted the story of whitney's passing?

I certainly realize that i posted of her passing. And it was simply that, her passing. It was not a deification. YOU, are making too big a thing of trying to make other people believe that there was no problem, and they should be ashamed of themselves for thinking there was. BS.

As Americans as a whole, we make too much of the passing of a person who had a gift for entertainment, and not enough of the passing of people who have given their lives for this country.

Trying to put it in perspective. Or as my son says, just keeping it real.
 
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(02-16-2012 04:06 PM)ctipton Wrote:  YOU, are making too big a thing of trying to make other people believe that there was no problem, and they should be ashamed of themselves for thinking there was. BS.

Never have I said there was never a problem. I took issue with the timing and the accuracy of the negative comments. I would do that for anyone.



Keeping it real as your son would say.

I love G but we had our run ins. After his passing If someone posted some negative false things about him, would that bother you?

There was a poster who had a signature with half dressed women posting in G's thread and it was removed. I'm glad someone got to it before i saw it. I just think there's a time and place.

Yeah, this thread is over the top now, but you know me.
 
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(02-15-2012 01:51 PM)b Wrote:  
(02-15-2012 12:15 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  
(02-12-2012 01:49 PM)subflea Wrote:  Some crack dealer is really worried about how he is going to make it through the next year after losing so much of his profits. Poor guy.

Unfortunately, there were MANY customers before Whitney, and there will be more than enough afterward. Illegal drugs will continue to be one of the few growth industries remaining.

Two of whitney"s most famous quotes were "crack is wack", and "crack is cheap". She was never a crack user. Some of you base your opinion of her off of mad tv skits and the like.

The cause of her death seems to be leaning toward prescription drugs, which seems to be more deadly as of late to celebs then the illegal drugs. you see adults, children, and celebrities popping these xanex, ambiens, etc on tv without the stigma of being called a drug addict.

If people want to call whitney a drug addict, fine. She was. But recently it seemed as though her "pusher" was a doctor--not a crack dealer. That should be the story but it may hit a little too close to home.

I guess my point was she was hardly the only crack user, particularly in the entertainment industry. But, if she wasn't even one, then it further backs my reply to Sub...
 
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(02-12-2012 06:38 PM)BearChatter v2.0 Wrote:  
(02-12-2012 05:18 PM)b Wrote:  I know people and have family members who have fought, still fighting, or loss the battle to their demons. I'm really happy none of you do.

Drug abuse is a sickness and it doesn't make them a bad person. Pretty sure I can say without fear of contradiction that whitney has done more for others then you folks who are attacking her combined. You'd think she'd blew up a daycare center the way some of you are talking.

I remember watching Nixon's funeral on tv. at the time the only thing i knew about him was watergate and everyone makes jokes about him. During the service they only spoke of the good things, that's the way it should be. What's lower then kicking a dead person?

Hop off your high horse for 5 minutes and think about all the people you like, be it an actor, musician, or athlete and i'll bet some of them are using drugs or have broken a law or two.

You don't have to shed a tear or anything but to some she was a mother, a daughter, a friend. People who didn't need the tabloids to form their opinion of her. She'll have more people at her funeral then you'll have at yours. So I'll wish her family peace and be grateful i have another day on this earth. I'm getting to an age when people around my age and some people who are younger then me are dying.
It's kinda scary.

Well said.

X3...

I prefer not to participate in neither her denigration (i.e. the unsympathetic "crackhead" posts) nor her canonization (CNN, etc...). I'm all for simply letting her rest.
 
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RE: Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies
Whitney Houston's cause of death has been revealed.

According to the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, the pop star died of drowning, and effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use.

The coroner called the manner of Houston's death an accident, with no trauma or foul play suspected. Toxicology tests revealed that "cocaine and metabolites were identified and were contributory to the death." According to the coroner, "marijuana, alprazolam (Xanax), cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) and diphenhydramine (Benadryl) were identified but did not contribute to the death."

http://music.yahoo.com/news/whitney-hous...00941.html
 
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