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Lahore : Pakistan | Feb 19, 2012 at 10:18 PM PST
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Pop Star Queen Whitney Houston Dies at age 48 Rest in Peace Whitney

A stream of 1,500 people at Newark's New Hope Baptist Church for Houston's funeral, a 3½-hour by-invitation farewell event blended gospel strains and scripture with personal anecdotes and soaring musical performances.

Houston died last week at age 48, sang in the junior choir at New Hope as a child. It was at New Hope where Houston's mother, gospel singer Cissy Houston, insisted her daughter be given her farewell.

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Close family and friends arrive for the funeral service of pop singer Whitney Houston at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark
Close family and friends arrive for the funeral service of pop singer Whitney Houston at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark
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