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New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston sang in the choir as a child. Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born on August 9, 1963, at Presbyterian Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, to Emily "Cissy" (née Drinkard) and John Russell Houston Jr. [11] Cissy was a Grammy-winning gospel and soul singer who was a member of The Drinkard Singers and the founder of The Sweet Inspirations before becoming a solo ...
During Biden's speech, convention attendees chanted, "We love Joe." And they held signs that said "We ️ Joe." Lovey-dovey, indeed. But a close listen to Wilson's song — which famously sent the ...
Emily Drinkard was born on September 30, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey to Delia Mae "Dee Dee" (née McCaskill) and Nicholas "Nitch" Drinkard, the youngest of eight children. [1] [2] [3] Houston was the granddaughter of a black landowner in Blakely, Georgia, who later shared the land he owned with Houston's father Nitch during a time when it was unusual for black people to have large landholdings.
From tributes to Los Angeles amid the wildfire wreckage to political statements aimed at the Trump administration, ... (1992), Whitney Houston (1994) and Lauryn Hill (1999).
Whitney Houston passed away in 2012 at age 48. Her former bodyguard, David Roberts, has written a book about working with the singer, "Protecting Whitney: The Memoir of Her Bodyguard."
Crawford met Whitney Houston in 1980, when Crawford was 19 and Houston was 16, the pair having both been counselors at an East Orange summer camp. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Crawford claims in her book A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston , published in 2019, that she had a same-sex relationship with Houston that faded as they prioritized Houston's ...
When did Whitney Houston die? Houston died on Feb. 11, 2012 — a day before the 2012 Grammy Awards. Her official time of death was declared to be 3:55 p.m. local time.
While Whitney Houston is forever stamped as one of the greatest voices and artists of our time, the late legend’s personal life continues to be focused on by mainstream culture.. According to ...