12 years ago today, Whitney Houston had a sudden, tragic death
Picture it:
February 11, 2012 in the afternoon. Suite 434 in The Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, CA. Paramedics are called to the scene at 3:30 in the afternoon where a black female, aged 48, is found unresponsive - submerged in about three inches of water in her bathtub. CPR is performed, but it's too late. She is pronounced dead at the scene at 3:55 PM PT.
That female is none other than singer Whitney Houston, regarded as one of the greatest singers in the 20th Century. Though the announcement is shocking, it's not totally surprising - most critics, fans, family and friends knew it was inevitable considering the lifestyle she led. A month later, the coroner would declare the cause of death to be drowning, with the contributing effects of heart disease and cocaine use in a 47 page report. She also had marijuana, Benadryl, Xanax and Flexeril in her system, though they didn't contribute to her death.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | February 11, 2024 9:46 PM
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It was not sudden. I foresaw it. And not nearly as tragic as my own career collapse.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 11, 2024 2:44 PM
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'HAD a sudden, tragic death'.
Just the one?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 11, 2024 2:46 PM
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R2 One is all she needed. (Unlike actress Tanya Roberts who was pronounced dead, came back to life, then died once again.)
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 11, 2024 2:49 PM
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I, for one, shall make a pilgrimage.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 11, 2024 2:54 PM
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They gave her a Popeye’s! I live near the Connie Chung rest area and we got a Chick-fil-A. I think Whitney would have prefered a Popeye’s.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 11, 2024 2:56 PM
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We shall make a pilgrimage to Nippy and Bobbi Kristina's final resting place.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 11, 2024 2:59 PM
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Bobbi Kristina's headstone is so much better than Whitney's. And using that awful picture of Whitney from her "I Look to You" album cover was a huge mistake - doesn't even look like her (she looks Asian).
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 11, 2024 3:06 PM
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Pot, Xanax, Benadryl, and Flexeril all make most people quite sleepy. Imagine taking all four, then climbing into a nice hot bath.
Those are the actions of a loooooong time drug abuser.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 11, 2024 3:10 PM
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And at this time, wasn't she parading around everywhere telling everyone she was 'clean and sober' - starting with Oprah ?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 11, 2024 3:12 PM
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[quote] Imagine taking all four, then climbing into a nice hot bath.
Yes, please.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 11, 2024 3:14 PM
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It's too bad her family was in such denial about her lifestyle. They didn't believe she was a lesbian, they didn't believe she was a drug addict from her teen years (it was all Bobby's fault!). If they let her be, she may still be with us today.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 11, 2024 3:26 PM
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She wore mahogany to that night's Grammys.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 11, 2024 3:32 PM
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[quote]submerged in about three inches of water in her bathtub.
This part is confusing. The bathtub was overflowing, flooding the bathroom and adjoining room. Are you saying Whitney was submerged 3 inches underwater?
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 11, 2024 3:40 PM
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Oh, well I saw that thread and thought she died last week!
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 11, 2024 3:41 PM
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Whitney Houston's death was almost inevitable as was Amy Winehouse. They were both a wreck towards the end.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 11, 2024 4:25 PM
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What’s 6 inches and won’t be getting sucked on Valentines Day?
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 11, 2024 4:29 PM
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Whitney, Amy Winehouse and Anna Nicole Smith all had extremely unsurprising deaths.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 11, 2024 4:31 PM
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Boy she sang. So glad I grew up with her voice always nearby.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 11, 2024 4:33 PM
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I really really miss her.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 11, 2024 4:38 PM
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Friends don't let friends put Monotype Corvisa on a gravestone.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | February 11, 2024 4:44 PM
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R21, As much as I dislike Monotype Corsiva, at least it isn't Comic Sans.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | February 11, 2024 5:41 PM
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Yes, it was not 3-inches of water, but a full, overflowing bathtub of SCALDING hot water‚—so hot that the skin on her back and the back of her arms was peeling off. So hot that even six hours after being pulled out, her dead body's temperature was still almost 92 degrees fahrenheit.
I still am not sure how that happened. Like, how she comfortably sat down in a plugged tub with only the hot water faucet turned on, no matter how drugged-up she was.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 11, 2024 9:13 PM
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Might have been three inches over her face.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | February 11, 2024 9:35 PM
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R23, One of those autopsy shows theorized that Whitney was so drugged out that she initially didn't sense that the water was too hot. There was a delayed reaction and when her brain finally sensed the scalding water, she went into shock or cardiac arrest and passed out.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | February 11, 2024 9:46 PM
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