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I guess everybody has heard about it by now. Pretty sad. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to have everything you could want in the way of material possessions. Then something like this happens and I realize that money really does not buy happiness. It seems like a pretty common story these days with movie stars and music idols. Well, maybe not common but it sure seems to happen way to often.

My old Momma, RIP, always told me that we're known by the company we keep. No one forced Whitney to become an addict. She did it to herself, to her survivors and to her fans.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will buy crack. Sad.

Rumor has it that the prices of crack rock plummeted on the news of her death. They say that there will be a surplus on the market for at least two years now.

I'm not surprised nor am I sympathetic

Watching Fox news and they just said that a "security hold" was put on the autopsy results. Hmmm... now what? So did she drown in the tub or was she just dead in the tub? I guess we can all safely assume it is somehow drug related, but I wonder why they can't tell us the cause of death?

MedicMan218 wrote:I'm not surprised nor am I sympathetic

Half of me agrees, and half thinks it's always sad when someone dies.

I'm just not looking forward to the 'martyrdom' that is coming now.

03Lightningrocks wrote:Watching Fox news and they just said that a "security hold" was put on the autopsy results. Hmmm... now what? So did she drown in the tub or was she just dead in the tub? I guess we can all safely assume it is somehow drug related, but I wonder why they can't tell us the cause of death?

It is so that nobody can "smear" her character (something she did well enough without any help from anybody else) during Grammy Night, at which she was supposed to perform.....or something like that. We can't have nasty facts out there while we're trying to sing someone's praises now, can we?

But, that sarcasm aside, I actually am sad for her and her family. Her 18 year old daughter was hauled away from the same hotel in an ambulance today, apparently suffering from anxiety attacks, exhaustion, and grief. Whatever negative we can say about Whitney Houston, she was a real person, and she is dead, most likely as the result of an addiction that finally beat her. I deal with addicts every week in a ministry in which I'm involved. She could be any one of several friends of mine (who are now thankfully in recovery). There was a tiime when she could have been me.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:Watching Fox news and they just said that a "security hold" was put on the autopsy results. Hmmm... now what? So did she drown in the tub or was she just dead in the tub? I guess we can all safely assume it is somehow drug related, but I wonder why they can't tell us the cause of death?

It is so that nobody can "smear" her character (something she did well enough without any help from anybody else) during Grammy Night, at which she was supposed to perform.....or something like that. We can't have nasty facts out there while we're trying to sing someone's praises now, can we?

But, that sarcasm aside, I actually am sad for her and her family. Her 18 year old daughter was hauled away from the same hotel in an ambulance today, apparently suffering from anxiety attacks, exhaustion, and grief. Whatever negative we can say about Whitney Houston, she was a real person, and she is dead, most likely as the result of an addiction that finally beat her. I deal with addicts every week in a ministry in which I'm involved. She could be any one of several friends of mine (who are now thankfully in recovery). There was a tiime when she could have been me.

There but for the grace of God, and our upbringing, could be going any of us.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:Watching Fox news and they just said that a "security hold" was put on the autopsy results. Hmmm... now what? So did she drown in the tub or was she just dead in the tub? I guess we can all safely assume it is somehow drug related, but I wonder why they can't tell us the cause of death?

It is so that nobody can "smear" her character (something she did well enough without any help from anybody else) during Grammy Night, at which she was supposed to perform.....or something like that. We can't have nasty facts out there while we're trying to sing someone's praises now, can we?

But, that sarcasm aside, I actually am sad for her and her family. Her 18 year old daughter was hauled away from the same hotel in an ambulance today, apparently suffering from anxiety attacks, exhaustion, and grief. Whatever negative we can say about Whitney Houston, she was a real person, and she is dead, most likely as the result of an addiction that finally beat her. I deal with addicts every week in a ministry in which I'm involved. She could be any one of several friends of mine (who are now thankfully in recovery). There was a tiime when she could have been me.

I was thinking the same thing. Everyone on the Grammys tonight will be praising her. We can't have the facts messing up the fantasy. It would be refreshing for one person at the Grammy awards to tell it the way it is. I won't be holding my breath.

ADDED after seeing Oldgringo post. Your right... but maybe someone should hold up situations like this as to why it is not a good thing to abuse drugs or alcohol, rather than spending the whole darned weekend immortalizing her. Ja Know what I mean???

I never cared to follow what Houston was doing while she was alive and i dont care more now that she isnt. Just turning off the news for another week or so as the circus will be in full force.

texasmusic wrote:I never cared to follow what Houston was doing while she was alive and i dont care more now that she isnt. Just turning off the news for another week or so as the circus will be in full force.

When my daughter was a kid, she made us watch a movie Whitney was in but I think Keven Costner was the reason my daughter wanted to watch it. I bet we watched that dumb movie 50 times... I have the VHS tape...LOL.

Is it bad that I am going to watch the season premier of Walking Dead tonight instead of the grammy's...???

I read that, like Mike Tyson, she earned over $300 million dollars in her career. He's now broke and she died broke. It's clear both had a revenue problem.

03Lightningrocks wrote:

texasmusic wrote:I never cared to follow what Houston was doing while she was alive and i dont care more now that she isnt. Just turning off the news for another week or so as the circus will be in full force.

When my daughter was a kid, she made us watch a movie Whitney was in but I think Keven Costner was the reason my daughter wanted to watch it. I bet we watched that dumb movie 50 times... I have the VHS tape...LOL.

Is it bad that I am going to watch the season premier of Walking Dead tonight instead of the grammy's...???

Gearing up to watch TWD here too. Never watched grammies probably never will.