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Epoch Times
| 1 year ago
February 19, 2012 The hearse carrying the body of Whitney Houston arrives at the Fairview Cemetery on Feb. 19 in Westfield, N.J. (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images) Whitney Houston was laid to rest in a private funeral ceremony on Feb. 19 in New Jersey for...
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Canada.com
| 1 year ago
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 fueled her rise to...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Grammy award-winning singer Whitney Houston will be buried Sunday in her home state of New Jersey. Authorities say security will be tight in and around the cemetery, in anticipation of fans flocking to the area to pay their finals respects. Houston...
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Novinite
| 1 year ago
Whitney Houston 's former husband Bobby Brown has left her funeral Saturday, shortly before the start of the services. According to celebrity gossip site TMZ, citing their own sources at the ceremony, Brown had been asked to leave by security after...
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andPOP.com
| 1 year ago
Home » Entertainment » Kevin Costner's eulogy for Whitney Houston Posted by @britt_mahaney on February 18th, 2012 Kevin Costner gave a heartfelt eulogy at Whitney Houston's funeral today at New Hope Baptist Church in her hometown, Newark.
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Chicago Tribune
| 1 year ago
Bobby Brown (R) leaves the funeral service of ex-wife, pop singer Whitney Houston, at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey February 18, 2012. Singer Bobby Brown abruptly left the funeral of his ex-wife Whitney Houston on Saturday,...
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The Courier-Mail
| 1 year ago
Houston's troubled ex-husband, Bobby Brown, left the late singer's elaborate memorial service in Newark, N.J., just minutes before it began, storming out of the New Hope Baptist Church looking visibly upset. Brown turned up at the church shortly...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
Fans of Whitney Houston paid last respects to their "homegirl" singer Saturday in the streets of Newark outside the church where her life and career were celebrated in a moving funeral service. Some bore large pictures of their late idol, wore T-...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
Stars, family and friends mourned Whitney Houston in a spirited Baptist funeral service at her hometown church on Saturday, a week after the death of the singer whose spectacular voice made her one of the biggest pop stars of her era. Gospel and soul...
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Reuters
| 1 year ago
Topics Pall-bearers carry the casket of pop singer Whitney Houston to a hearse following her funeral service at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey February 18, 2012. Houston, 48, died in a Beverly Hills hotel room on February 11, the...
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ThecounT.com
| 1 year ago
Bobby Brown still showed up to Whitney Houston's funeral, despite Houston's close family and friends were rumored to not want Brown showing up! Brown showed up to the New Hope Baptist church in Newark, NJ this morning, bringing an entourage of 9!
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Family, friends, fans and celebrities thronged the New Hope Baptist Church to mourn and bid goodbye to Whitney Houston, who died in a Beverly Hills hotel room on February 11, 2012. The sudden and untimely death of Houston (48), who held the Guinness...
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Celebuzz
| 1 year ago
As Whitney Houston s closest friends and family gathered inside New Hope Baptist Church in New Jersey to pay their respects, the late singer's ex-husband Bobby Brown was outside getting into an argument with guests. According to TMZ , the New Edition...
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Celebritology
| 1 year ago
Kevin Costner gave an emotional remembrance of Whitney Houston at her memorial service Saturday. I urge us all today ... to dry our tears, suspend our sorrow, and perhaps our anger, just long enough to remember the sweet miracle of Whitney, the...
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US Magazine
| 1 year ago
Red-Eyed" Bobby Brown Leaves Whitney Houston's Funeral with Posse in Tow February 18, 2012 AT 1:07PM Credit: Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images Each of the 1,500 invitations to Whitney Houston 's funeral in Newark, NJ admits just one, but apparently her...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Online is reporting that souces told them that Bobby Brown left over a "seating dispute." HLN is saying that "Bobby Brown was in the church, walked passed Whitney's casket and then left the church." It's been a back-and-forth few days for Bobby...
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News 24
| 1 year ago
Newark Kevin Costner delivered an emotional tribute to Whitney Houston at her funeral on Saturday. Costner, who co-starred with Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard , consoled the group of invited guests, saying "Whitney returns home today to the place...
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TMZ
| 1 year ago
Bobby Brown, the ex-husband of Whitney Houston, left the New Hope Baptist Church just minutes before the funeral was to begin. According to a person familiar with the situation, Brown brought an entourage of nine people with him to the Newark church...
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Celebrity Gossip
| 1 year ago
GMT It's the place she began singing as a child, and today (February 18) Whitney Houston is being remembered with a funeral at New Hope Baptist Church, in Newark, N.J. The invitation-only viewing is set to begin at noon ET, with the entire "Home...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
Whitney Houston's godmother Aretha Franklin cancels funeral appearance Last updated at 4:36 PM on 18th February 2012 Aretha Franklin has cancelled her appearance at Whitney Houston's funeral today. The 69-year-old soul singer had been due to perform...
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The Dish Rag
| 1 year ago
One music legend had been scheduled to honor another when Aretha Franklin had agreed to sing at the funeral for Whitney Houston Saturday (Feb. 18)...The Associated Press is reporting that a source close to the Houston family tells them Franklin can...
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The Jakarta Post
| 1 year ago
Entertainment Pockets of fans are gathering as close as they can get to the church where Whitney Houston's funeral will be held in her New Jersey hometown. Police in Newark have blocked off streets in every direction surrounding the New Hope Baptist...
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I Need My Fix
| 1 year ago
00 am by Anne Today is the day Whitney Houston is laid to rest, or as her family is naming it a 'home going' service (meaning she is going home to be with God). The service is by invitation only and will be held at The New Hope Baptist Church in...
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ITN
| 1 year ago
Phil McCarten Singer Whitney Houston will be remembered by family and friends at a funeral in New Jersey later. Fifteen hundred guests, including Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder, are expected to attend the private event at New Hope Baptist Church...
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Novinite
| 1 year ago
Soul legends Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder will be among the stars to perform at the funeral of Whitney Houston in New Jersey on Saturday...Reports also say Brown will attend the funeral but go on to perform at a gig with his group New Edition...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Home town pays its funeral tributes to Whitney Houston 18 February 2012 Last updated at 00:18 ET Residents of the town where Whitney Houston's body is resting before a funeral service on Saturday have been paying their respects with flowers, candles...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
Soul, gospel and pop music greats from the past and present are set to mourn Whitney Houston on Saturday, one week after the sudden death of the singer whose spectacular voice and best-selling albums made her one of biggest pop stars of her era.
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US Magazine
| 1 year ago
Despite a rehab stint in May 2011 for drugs and alcohol, Houston, 48, was "battling her addictions until the end," a source tells Us of the Grammy winner, who was found dead in the bathtub at the Beverly Hilton last Saturday. In a 2009 interview with...
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Chandler Republic
| 1 year ago
He said in a statement released to Us Weekly Magazine: ''Over the past few days I've tried to process the emptiness that I am experiencing. What my heart feels cannot be expressed in words. ''The world lost an icon, but I lost my close friend...Your...
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Celebritology
| 1 year ago
But it's one that, like so much of Houston's life, will be on semi-public display. View Photo Gallery :People gathered to grieve for the pop star, who died Saturday. The service, as previously noted in this blog , will be streamed online. Fans of the...
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Leader Post Online
| 1 year ago
Alicia Keys and actor Kevin Costner will take part in the funeral of Whitney Houston along with the pop star's godmother Aretha Franklin, her cousin Dionne Warwick and singer Stevie Wonder, her family spokeswoman said. Houston will be laid to rest on...
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NY Daily News
| 1 year ago
Aretha Franklin "jumped off the side of the bed" in her hotel room Saturday night when she heard the news on television that her goddaughter Whitney Houston had died. "What?...What is this," the Queen of Soul told the "Today show's Al Roker about...
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Chicago Tribune
| 1 year ago
A woman writes a message at the entrance of Whigham Funeral Home, which is handling the funeral service of pop singer Whitney Houston, in Newark, New Jersey February 17, 2012. Alicia Keys and actor Kevin Costner will take part in the funeral of...
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Extra
| 1 year ago
February 17, 2012 Whitney Houston's private funeral is set for Saturday in Newark, and many of Hollywood's biggest music stars, including as Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Elton John, will be among the guests paying their final respects.
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The Courier-Mail
| 1 year ago
Whitney Houston's millions of fans will be able to watch her funeral service tomorrow on the internet and elsewhere. The only video camera allowed inside the funeral in New Jersey will be provided by news agency AP...The event also will be available...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Dennis M Sabangan/EPA Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder will perform at Whitney Houston 's funeral this Saturday. The singers have joined a programme that reportedly includes Kevin Costner and label executive Clive Davis, who will both address...
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The Sun UK
| 1 year ago
The actor, 57, starred alongside the singer in her 1992 film debut The Bodyguard. He will be joined by stars from across the world who will come to New Jersey to say goodbye to Whitney found dead in her hotel bath aged 48. Soul legends Aretha...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder will sing at Whitney Houston's funeral, to be held in New Jersey on Saturday. Clive Davis, her musical mentor, will speak at the ceremony, which will include contributions from her cousin Dionne Warwick and singer...
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ExpoSay
| 1 year ago
Kevin Costner is set to lead the tributes at Whitney Houston's funeral...A family source told People: ''Clive has been a complete rock for her family this entire time. He's been with her since the beginning, and he's been everything to them...He...
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Adelaide Now
| over 1 year ago
Costner will reportedly speak at Whitney Houston's funeral on Saturday, two decades after he starred opposite the singing superstar in The Bodyguard. The 1992 movie was Houston's film debut and its soundtrack, which featured her signature rendition...
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Boston Globe
| over 1 year ago
On the same day Whitney Houston is being laid to rest at an invite-only funeral in New Jersey, her ex-husband Bobby Brown will perform at Mohegan Sun. But Brown said tonight that he will attend Saturday's funeral before joining his New Edition...
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US Magazine
| over 1 year ago
Houston's rep confirms to Us Weekly that Costner will join Alicia Keys , Clive Davis , Aretha Franklin , Tyler Perry , Dionne Warwick , Stevie Wonder , Kim Burrell , Rickey Minor , Donnie McClurkin , Marvin Winans and Cece Winans at the New Hope...
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Celebslam
| over 1 year ago
The services, to be held at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, will be in a much smaller, more intimate setting than the concert halls and arenas Houston packed during her heyday...Publicists and entertainers by Wednesday had confirmed nearly a dozen...
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ExpoSay
| over 1 year ago
Following the service Whitney's body will be laid to rest at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield in New Jersey, next to her late father John Huston.
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Vanity Fair
| over 1 year ago
Earlier this week, Whitney Houston's family revealed that they would not be planning a public funeral for the icon. Instead, they coordinated an intimate, invitation-only homecoming ceremony to take place this Saturdaya week after Houston's...
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Leader Post Online
| over 1 year ago
Whitney Houston's funeral is a private, invitation-only affair, but the singer's family has decided to allow The Associated Press to stream the event online Saturday. In another development, People reports that Houston's co-star in "The Bodyguard,"...
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People
| over 1 year ago
Bobby will be there at the funeral to support his [and Houston's] daughter [Bobbi Kristina Brown, 18]. There was some talk ... some people were angry at him, but that's just grief...Clive Davis, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Kevin Costner will...
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Hollywood Reporter Music
| over 1 year ago
2/16/2012 by Erin Carlson share Peter Brooker/RexUSA The singer's friends and mentor will pay tribute on Saturday at her childhood church. our editor recommends According to a report on People.com , Kevin Costner -- who starred alongside Houston in...
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E! Online
| over 1 year ago
Latest Details on Whitney Houston's Funeral Today 9:57 AM PST by Josh Grossberg John W. Ferguson/Getty Images Whitney Houston will be laid to rest exactly one week to the day since her sudden death . The legendary diva's funeral is set for Saturday...
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People
| over 1 year ago
In addition, both Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder will sing at the service, and Houston's record producer from the very beginning of her career, Clive Davis, will also speak, Whitney's rep confirms. According to the family source, "Whitney's family...
