RIP Whitney Houston

[93Devil]

Singing live on Letterman before the drugs started taking their toll.

Aretha Franklin and Whitney.

Everyone else is playing for second place, right?

 

[Armchair_QB]

Wondering why her death merits ABC breaking into prime time programming to announce this.

Yes, it's tragic, but WTF?

This post, of course, made me flip on ABC. They're showing a "Peanuts" special.
In memory of Whitney, I kept waiting for Linus to smack the **** out of Sally Brown.

They cut into the Peanuts special to announce her death.

 

[forever_town]

Can't say I'm too surprised. She totally wasted her life with the drugs and the Bobby Brown. Sad as hell, though.

 

[93Devil]

Wondering why her death merits ABC breaking into prime time programming to announce this.

Yes, it's tragic, but WTF?

Whitney was the 80s in a lot of ways so I get it.

If you are over 40 or 45, this is huge.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Wondering why her death merits ABC breaking into prime time programming to announce this.

Yes, it's tragic, but WTF?

Whitney was the 80s in a lot of ways so I get it.

If you are over 40 or 45, this is huge.

I'm 35 and even I get it. Her, Michael and Madonna were inescapable during the decade.

 

[Matt1735]

WOW... I knew her life was ****ed up with the drugs and the problems with Bobby, but surely didn't expect that.

People who are my age just shouldn't be randomly dying.

 

[Batman]

Wondering why her death merits ABC breaking into prime time programming to announce this.

Yes, it's tragic, but WTF?

This post, of course, made me flip on ABC. They're showing a "Peanuts" special.
In memory of Whitney, I kept waiting for Linus to smack the **** out of Sally Brown.

They cut into the Peanuts special to announce her death.

That's going to scar someone for life. Tune in for "A Charlie Brown Valentine," find out a pop music icon is dead.

 

[93Devil]

Wondering why her death merits ABC breaking into prime time programming to announce this.

Yes, it's tragic, but WTF?

Whitney was the 80s in a lot of ways so I get it.

If you are over 40 or 45, this is huge.

I'm 35 and even I get it. Her, Michael and Madonna were inescapable during the decade.

I wasn't sure how young people can be and still be part of her prime. I'm 42, and I remember it well.

 

[MileHigh]

Well, AP saw it coming.

1,300-word obit up on LATimes.com

Probably not too many in-the-can obits for those younger than 50 at the AP.

Grammys tomorrow will be a somber three hours.

 

[imjustagirl]

I'm 35 and this has rocked me. Not as much as Michael, somehow, but a lot. Whitney was my absolute idol when I was growing up. So beautiful, and the most pure, amazing voice I'd ever heard. I wanted to be her.

RIP, Whitney.

This was my favorite of hers, though it's an unusual choice.

 

[Matt1735]

Favorite song here:




(Yes, I realize the irony, no I'm not being funny)

 

[Point of Order]

And IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII will always love you, Whitney.

 

[MileHigh]

CNN and TMZ: She died at the Beverly Hilton. Crime lab bus seen at the Beverly Hilton.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Yeah, you can go even younger. I'm 30 and this is huge. I'm old enough to remember her at the Super Bowl. And The Bodyguard soundtrack was inescapable on the radio when I was in sixth grade.

RIP Whitney.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Wondering why her death merits ABC breaking into prime time programming to announce this.

Yes, it's tragic, but WTF?

Whitney was the 80s in a lot of ways so I get it.

If you are over 40 or 45, this is huge.

I am and it is huge, but it's not like she was a world leader or Michael Jackson.

 

[93Devil]

No, but ABC News has history of breaking into newscasts for singer deaths, and breaking in with this was justified. Although it probably sent half of the viewership racing to the internet.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Wondering why her death merits ABC breaking into prime time programming to announce this.

Yes, it's tragic, but WTF?

This post, of course, made me flip on ABC. They're showing a "Peanuts" special.
In memory of Whitney, I kept waiting for Linus to smack the **** out of Sally Brown.

They cut into the Peanuts special to announce her death.

That's going to scar someone for life. Tune in for "A Charlie Brown Valentine," find out a pop music icon is dead.

I was DVRing that for my daughter. Guess I'll delete it now.

It's a lock this is an OD, right?

 

[Matt1735]

Inky, maybe you can catch the special OnDemand

 

[dooley_womack1]

Cocaine Is a Helluva Drug, Charlie Brown

 

[podunk press]

The Grammys, plain and simple, need to scrap the first hour and do a tribute.

Shouldn't be that hard.