August 9th, 2012
01:58 PM ET
Whitney Houston remembered on her special dayWhitney Houston's life was heartbreakingly short, but it was filled with achievements. On what would have been her 49th birthday today, we can see how much she accomplished in her lifetime. The Newark, New Jersey native provided a soundtrack to our lives in the late '80s, racking up seven consecutive No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Those tracks included hits like ...
... 1985's "Saving All My Love For You": [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewxmv2tyeRs&w=420&h=315%5D ... 1986's "How Will I Know": [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3-hY-hlhBg&w=420&h=315%5D ... 1987's "I Want to Dance With Somebody": [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3giaIzONA&w=420&h=315%5D ... and 1988's "So Emotional": [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YjSHbA6HQQ&w=420&h=315%5D Not to mention, she inspired thousands of singers with her recording of "I Will Always Love You," which spent 14 weeks at No. 1 after its release in 1992. The soundtrack on which the single appeared, "The Bodyguard," was also a smash, spending 20 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. "The Bodyguard" soundtrack also won the Album of the Year Grammy in 1993, one of six that Houston earned throughout her career. ("I Will Always Love You" also picked up a Grammy at the same ceremony for Record of the Year.) But while her music is a lasting part of our memories, so are her movie roles, particularly her turn in 1992's "The Bodyguard"; 1995's "Waiting to Exhale"; 1996's "The Preacher' s Wife"; and 1997's "Cinderella." Idolator found Houston's film and TV career to be "surprisingly ... small" for a woman "with such charisma, beauty and confidence on-screen." Perhaps that would've changed had she lived. When Houston died at 48 in February, her latest film project, "Sparkle," was being produced for an August 17 release. The cast has talked extensively about what a positive presence she was on the set, and how she brought so much to the film, both personally and professionally. The film's star, Jordin Sparks, recounted on CNN Thursday morning that just as Houston thought she was the perfect fit for the movie, the feeling was mutual: |
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She's dead, she hasn't been popular since the 90's. She gets no more birthdays.
what is going on, i thought she was dead.
How old is she now?
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FACT: SHE WAS NO ROLE MODEL, SHE WAS HIGH WHEN MAKING THIS MOVIE, SHE WAS ON DRUGS
AND DRUGS KILLED HER. YES HER MUSIC WAS BEAUTIFUL....SHE LOVED DRUGS MORE.
Hey guess what? Whitney Houston is dead....
no way
Happy Birthday Whitney! Your music was flawless!!! May you rest in peace in knowing that you GAVE to the world the BEST MUSIC that you had in you to those who would APPRECIATE IT.
PipiLongSucking
Happy Birthday! you're dead.
You are an insensitive Jerk
WHO MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT WHITNEY HOUSTON SWALLING? OH YEA THAT STUD SOKMAN..
WE'RE RIGHT THERE
THEY FLIRT WITH YOU AND THEN SET UP YOU..THEN CAN'T FACE YOUR THERE...
CLEANERS!
there as a special on troll abuse last night..basically its people who get on a computer and drive non troll nuthts...be aware these trolls hack into computers and proudly identify who they are (DAN)...actually admitted to it. we have that in the file.
a troll may pretend to flirt with you to set you up with the girlfriend...gee that hasn't been figured yet(yawn)
these are people who basically drive people away. see you at the cleaners.
we have a copy of every single comment that is on this blog since beginning of june. the fun ones remain, the others are at the head of cnn. go away and mind your own business.
miss has been forwarded to the head of cnn along with the others–
Some of these comments disappoint me. Why are some of you so cruel? What happened in your lives to feel comfortable making fun of the downfalls of others? It's okay to have an opinion but be careful. You have a mother, grandmother and maybe an aunt or a daughter. God be with you on judgement day.
judgement day threat by unknown.
just saw it...at the end of the video she shouts out I DIDN'T KNOW like 5 or 6 times - that was the church choir girl coming out of her. thanks for the video recommendation! ...nice remembering her this way!
just saw her singing on Oprah. thanks!
i think most should hear the 2 songs and shut the heck up.
SO
that loved the last album! LOL
i just home...huh?
First, I don't apologize for Anything. Second, what makes you think you are even important enough to hate me? Third, your so-called god didn't give us Whitney, a woman who refused to swallow did. I am Sokman, & I approve this message.
i didn't know my own strength..the best version of it was on the oprah show. it was great..
I look to you was the last professional album Whitney recorded. i saw the video for the first time today. her voice husky from her drug battle but the spirit was totally Whitney...she hit some high notes which was great to hear...she appeared to have mean't every word of the song and her energy looked great.
this death should have never happened, no deaths should happen. in reading about this woman in the last 2 days and learning about her legacy i feel so badly she was a weak person who could not fight this .
she looked beautiful in the video and its just so sad this woman has been called a coke, crack head by the public.
i think we should let her rest now and leave her alone.
Happy 49th Birthday Whitney and we will all be there to see Sparkle.
I look to you-Whitney Houston
I look to you was the last professional album Whitney recorded. i saw the video for the first time today. her voice husky from her drug battle but the spirit was totally Whitney...she hit some high notes which was great to hear...she appeared to have mean't every word of the song and her energy looked great.
this death should have never happened, no deaths should happen. in reading about this woman in the last 2 days and learning about her legacy i feel so badly she was a weak person who could not fight this .
she looked beautiful in the video and its just so sad this woman has been called a coke, crack head by the public.
we should let her rest now and leave her alone.
Happy 49th Birthday Whitney and we will all be there to see Sparkle.
August 12, 2012 at 6:43 pm | Report abuse | Reply
totally miss....
I misss her.
Im sure they pumped her casket full of crack-smoke......she had the all new "crack in da casket" attachment which puts out crack smoe three times a day for up to three years without a reload.
You think you're so clever and maybe even funny..you have no respect for yourself, therefore it would be impossible to have respect for anyone else, not mention lack of intellect.
You are a ignorant RACIST A- HOLE! I hope that you rot in HELL!!
You are a ignorant RACIST A- HOLE!
I hope that you rot in HELL!!
You are a ignorant RACIST MORON!
I hope that you rot in HELL!!
let me know who exactly it was – sat. ladies.
somebody from town (just) told me she was involved in the next conspire
i took a hit last night, guess that counts as a birthday celebration today
Whitney did not want to be hated.
we just cancelled the meeting–we don't need to be concerned with clean up anymore.
Say NO to CRACK
Ask rogue or dazzle to meet with jud's book next week to get the stuff out.... they can do something else much faster to get the revs out....
we just cancelled the appointment with them. ask the tot faces to take care of it.
Sorry I'm being such an @$$. I know people hate me. I wish I was dead like Whitney.
were the continued effort to get me
))
I hope whitney is ok in the heavens..we miss your voice.. i know i do.
excuse me? who are you speaking to?
all the blogger is suppose to be worrying about is his or her square for reviewing.
Unless you count embalming fluid...
who is this?
nobody is upset by this article they are voicing an opinion just like you do..its not personal and noone knows each other.
mind your own business.
mind your own business and worry about your "blogging" issues.
Wow can't understand why so many people are upset by this article....remember elvis, bet your parents do. seems they wrote about him every year on his birthday and he couldn't act. shake your family tree and see how many pill adicts, alcohol abusers, pedophiles, murderers, etc fall out.
Amen Nic!!!
Wishing Happy Birthday to a dead drug addict? Et Tu, CNN?
Rest in peace Whitney God takes the best and leaves the rest.
Happy Birthday? She is gone!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHITNEY I KNOW U R NOW WITH UR LORD SO HAV A BALL UP IN HEAVEN. WE MISS N LOVE U!! AND NEG BLOGGERS IF U HATE HER SO MUCH WHY? R U IN THIS PAGE!!!
have a fun day today.
Where is the LOVE? Where is the COMPASSION and you call yourself a Christian...yeah right. YES Jesus LOVES me. RIP Whitney
God gave us the gift of Whitney Houston to be cherished, remembered and passed on for generations to come. Whitney, her songs and her voice are a National Treasure and there will never be a voice like hers.
is this the diane - attorney in chicago..if so..pleasure to see you blogging! LOL
whitney was around people with drugs all the time she needed someone to point her in a direction and most of all help help her get off the crack. you need a strong willed person to help your get away from drugs... thick skinned person.
Hate to break it to you... She'll not see your birthday wishes. She's dead. But hey, 6 months drug free.
cissy must be so upset by all of this. she did everything she could to help her daughter but whitney was a weak person.
i can still be there if you want.
we love whitney and are sorry she's not with us. happy 49th dear and rest in peace.
there are mistake and then there are "mistakes" ... remember folks this is a blog none of us know each other and we really do no know who we are talking to. use it in proper fashion. have fun with it or just go away.
stay out of peoples business and just review.
jack.
CNN, after all of the caustic comments posted after Whitney's death, why add insult to injury by setting this article up for comments. It appears that you thrive on seeing certain people and topics raked over the coals. If you were trying to sink down another level, you made it.
WHAT EES THESE YOU SPEAK OF SENORES? I COME TO AMERICA TO MAKE MY SUENOS TRUE. MI NO ESPEAKE THEE BUENO INGLES.
A drug user is just that no matter what race so what's the point of stating she was a black user... for all the negative ppl comments.... if u stood before God right now would u be not have one blemish we call sin...if u have not given your life to God u are a sinner that's what sinners DO... SIN... PLEASE PICK UP THE STONES UR CASTING AND PUT THEM BACK IN YOUR POCKETS... FOR U HAVE NO ROOM TO JUDGE!!!!
Sorry for all mouth p sorry p need help you to one day with be wore food she love the lord he h her cry
Wow there are some real judgmental sickos who live in the world. I should send a camera crew to YOUR houses in the middle of the night. Let's see what freaky disgusting behaviors YOU are trying to cover up.
Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
the Bible says how you judge you will be judged. there are both whites and blacks on crack cocaine just like a bullet it knows no color. We need to pray that those who bring it into the country will fall into the hands of " THE LIVING GOD " BECAUSE HE HAS NO RESPECT OF PERSONS. BECAUSE SIN IS SIN TO GOD .... SELF-MURDER, DRUGS, BACK-BITING, GOSSIP, LYING.... ETC, ETC, ETC ALL WEIGHS THE SAME IN GOD'S BOOK. WE ALL NEED TO CHECK OURSELVES BEFORE WE WRECK OURSELVE......
I had always loved you from a little girl when i was 8 years old, im a big time fan of yours. And i will always love you. I was deeply sadened about your passing. But now i know your in a better place now. Happy Birthday to you my dear. I will always live with you in my heart. I always kept all of your music, i had a whole collection. I fell in love when i first heard your music, from a little girl. Saving all my love for you, and i been loving you ever since. You kept me inspired by your beautiful voice and your great talent, and for being such a beautiful actress. May peace be with you darling. Happy Birthday to you darling. God Bless Your soul my darling I Will always think about you. I truly miss you. GOD BLESS YOU. REST IN PEACE!
IN REMEMBRANCE OF WHITNEY HOUSTON we will always love you HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE
Happy Birthday to the greatest singer who ever lived!!!
Happy birthday whitney. Love u
I just turned 49. We have live a very simular live. I will live for you Whitney, and remember you always.
I miss you baby rest in peace
just curious? ... oh i'm sorry this is the wrong blogging story.
there are not many incredible voices like miss houston's and nobody can hit the notes like she could.
happy birthday my sweatheart
You just found out
happy birtday whitney we love and miss u .
Breaking news...she's still dead.
Happy birthday Whitney. To one of the greatest singers that ever lived. TO HELL WITH ALL OF THOSE IGNORANT ASS HOLES
Rip whitney. Happy birthday whitney!
happy birthday and we will always love you and your singing is so missed.
I love you to whitney and miss you terribly, i remember your concert and will always treasure in my heart.
Dear Whitney, YOu were the absoulute BEST!!!! You were THE PERFECT artist with the PERFECT VOICE. Your songs, and also your life has inspired many musicians and those who could only dream of being one. I believe the world would agree, if there was ever a singer who was the actual definition of a TRUE singer, that singer would be WHITNEY HOUSTON. Thank you for you music, your live performance, your movies, your life...THANK YOU. I also thank the Lord for sending us a piece of heaven, cause you were definitely that. I know your in heaven singing lead in the heavenly choir. Hit a few high notes for me until I get there whit! I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Despite these idiots that will never be anybody nor make it anywhere but across the street and back we the people with right minds and good hearts love you & miss you. Happy 49th Birthday you left us with great music that will never ever die, something these fruit cakes and jerks on here will never be able to say they just mad that when they are gone no one will ever mention them let alone miss them...lol. Girl you know you were the voice that will can never be compared to any other. RIP angel and in knowing you don't have to put up with foolish people anymore. LOVE YOU and Happy Happy Birthday to you!!
My thoughts exactly Kaylee!!
people make very bad choices and do not think what could happen next. People need to put more focus on what could happen to them if the do something. be aware life is much different now.
REMEMBER...YOU dont know what God has in store for you. EVERYONE has made bad choices/decisions but Whitney lived her life for the world to see. WHO are WE TO JUDGE. Only the one who gave her life will be the ultmate judge. No One becomes an addict by choice. RIP Whitney!
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Whitney will rest in peace.
Happy Birthday Whitney!!! May you continue to rest in peace. The many memories of you will continue to live on through your family, friends, fans, and without a doubt your music.
there are mistake and then there are "mistakes" ... remember folks this is a blog none of us know each other and we really do no know who we are talking to. use it in proper fashion. have fun with it or just go away.
ok all of the haters what will u do in NOVEMBER when our president stays in the white house kill your hateful self God forgive them for they need HELP whtney we love u it aint right but its ok.
RIP Whitney!!!!!! You were such a special talent....you will be missed!!!!
Only on CNN will you see i d i o t s praising a crackhead.
she was a worthless coke head
But for the grace of God there go I
Stop being so judgemental and take your "perfect" self back under the rock you came from.
swept it away. would never hurt bobby or the football player. next time chief said we will have to dirt devil.
what the f-ck am i talking about .. geeze
Who cares? She was a typical black crackhead! Why even reflect?
Obviously, you are uneducated. You need to read more about addiction and who typically uses what drugs. Whitney was not a "typical anything." She accomplished more in her life than you have accomplished in a day. Stop being racist and educate yourself. Stop being a "typical bigot". Get a life!
she needed tons of medical attentions but never took it.
Wow !! I cant believe some of these comments . This was somebodys daugther , mother, aunt , ect. Let her R I P . My mothers all ways told me," if you don't have anythg nice to say ... Dont say anythg "
he married a thug i don't know what he saw in her..but hey whatever floated bobby's goat
dat no good.
it gonna get the jail but it ain't gonna get the jack.
Wow !! An
i'm glad bobby brown finally left her. what a coke head
we miss you girl..we're sorry you were hanging around big a-ssed worms.
How much longer before this Whitney thing goes away...not too much.
crack is wack! hope you dont mess up the afterlife because you sure threw this one away.
The woman is dead. No more birthdays. Why does CNN continue to promote a drunk and druggie whose lifestyle overshadowed her talent and ultimately killed her?
The question is..why do feel the need to comment..are you lonely..didn't get hugged enough as a child? Do you need a group hug, there's an app for that.
That girl could sing!!!!! Incredible talent but a talent that died long before her physical death. Things would have been quite different for her had she not hooked up with that thug that she married.
Enough of this one.
Goodness, so many people are so rude! I mean, she passed on, but she's human like the rest of us, we aren't perfect, we make mistakes! And sometimes, they're too big to fix, and the damage is done, like in this case what happened to Whitney in her earlier years. Also, if you aren't a fan of her, then why did you even click on this story? No one wants to hear about the garbage you thought she was etc. People like you make the world what it is today; and it is not exactly a nice place.
Happy birthday you worthless cokehead. Oh wait, you're dead.
Happy B-day....oh I forgot, you are nothing but worm food now.......
Really??!! Are all of you just bitter people?
Lol..
Another Black Drug Addict down the drain.....don't know anybody that gives a crap......
The point of this article to to promote Sparkle. Nothing more. If this is how the film is being promoted then you know its a dud.
Sorry, time for some truth.
She was a good singer.
but.
Her music was crap. Slick, sugery overproduced, sappy power balled crap. Slickster R&B junk. Fake soul, fake emotion. Her 80's stuff was garbage, her 90's stuff was pandering slop. Corporate fluff.
She wasted her talent. She was a selfish, egotistic, self important product of her time and her enviorment.
She didn't make the world a better place. She is not someone to be put on a pedistool as a martyr, or a saint, or anyone to be admired.
She is a cautionary tale. Nothing more. The point of her life should be.
Hey Girls, don't be like me. Don't do what I did, or live how I CHOSE to live, and with who and how.
Stop glorifying terrbile people.
Celebrate the living, not the dead. No cake for dirt nappers!
Whitney:you will always be missed happy birthday.
LOL @ the blacks who worship this crackho as their hero. LMFAO
Happy Birthday! you're dead.
God, give it a rest already!
WHY is anyone still paying homage to a crackhead who killed herself?
This country has its priorities ALL PHUQUED UP!
What a voice! Whitney will be missed forever! May she rest in peace.
I didn't follow Whitney Houston, but I believe in Karma. And I think comments like the one that leads off this page will ultimately be met with some form of Karma. Blogs bring out the worst of the worst. Lord help you.
Thank you...while she will on in infamy the haters here will be remembered on by those the came in direct contact with. I hope they will be remembered kinder that they are Ms. Whitney. Ms. Whitney will be remembered world wide. She left a legacy for all people.
Happy DEAD ms houston.
what is the problem? the broad is dead.
so is she. what's the point?
thanks.
i agree...that voice goes right through me also! Try to remember the good things about people. She had huge problems that she was not able to overcome.
She didn't have problems to overcome... she had BAD CHOICES SHE WILLFULLY CONTINUED TO MAKE. there's a difference. she wasn't a victim. don't paint her as a victim. she CHOSE EVERY SINGLE ISSUE she had to deal with. No one accidentally does drugs over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. No one accidentally becomes an alcoholic. no one accidentally stays in / returns to an abusive relationship. THOSE ARE CHOICES.
Plain. Simple. Period.
Rebecca, you are an judgemental fool.
Happy, Happy, Whitney. You will always be missed. Your music – ah, spine tingling.
Naysayers – pfffft.
Happy Birthday??? hey, she's dead Bruno.
Why are we putting crack heads up on pedastals? Yeah she "was" a great singer years ago but look what she did with her life and talent. Another dead junkie just like Winehouse. We have celebrities and everyday folk who die from horrible cancers murder and accidents and no one plasters thier pictures all over the papers! I will always love you – was written and first performed by Dolly Parton whom Houston never gave an ounce of credit to. Sorry no empathy here!
yes Rebecca, Whitney Houston may have screwed up her life which wound up killing her in the end but Whitney DID gave Dolly Parton a LOT of credit for the song. i guess you're either just to young to realize just how much credit Whitney gave to Dolly or you simply haven't paid much attention to much of anything beyond your own nose.
You did not walk in her shoes so back off. It is none of yours or anyone elses business regarding a singer's life. If the media and nasty people left her alone maybe things would have turned out different.
Whitney was and will always be the best female singer ever. Happy Birthday Whitney I loved and still love your music. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
is that d-m voice that still goes through my spine.
This is so incredible that the world is still worrying and talking about Whitney Houston. So many actors have died in the last few months and many of them with out much of a mention, and they were good christian people, who lived their lives with out being in trouble all the time. Yet not much was said when they died. But.... you have Whitney Houston, who was a pill popping drunk, a loud mouth on that ridiculous reality show with the drug addict husband and everybody worships her. It doesn't make any sense. She was found dead because of pills and alcohol in a bath tub and you people all want to worship this kind of behavior ? its just amazing
Linda, Linda, Linda..here is your opportunity to pay homage to those you feel are forgotten but you choose to comment on Ms. Houston..such a pity! Could it be you're more interested in Ms. Houston than you kno? Think about Linda!
saw this performance on cable..she looked beautiful that night and her singing was a little husky but she was right there and everyone stood up. so sad she is not here.