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1、WhitneyHouston,PopSuperstar,Diesat48WhitneyHouston,themultimillion-sellingsingerwhoemergedinthe1980sasoneofhergeneration’sgreatestR&Bvoices,onlytodeterioratethroughyearsofcocaineuseandanabusive?marriage,diedonSaturdayinBeverlyHills,Calif.Shewas48.Herdeathcameasthemusic
2、industrydescendedonLosAngelesfortheannualcelebrationoftheGrammyAwards,andMs.Houstonwas—forallherdifficultiesovertheyears—oneofitsqueens.ShewasstayingattheBeverlyHiltonhotelonSaturdaytoattendapre-GrammypartybeinghostedbyCliveDavis,thefounderofAristaRecords,whohadbeenher
3、popmentor.Ms.Houstonwasfoundinherroomat3:55p.m.,andparamedicsspentcloseto20minutestryingtoreviveher,theauthoritiessaid.Therewasnoimmediatewordonthecauseofherdeath,buttheauthoritiessaidtherewerenosignsoffoulplay.Fromthestartofhercareermorethantwodecadesago,Ms.Houstonhad
4、thetalent,looksandpedigreeofapopsuperstar.ShewasthedaughterofCissyHouston,agospelandpopsingerwhohadbackedupArethaFranklin,andthecousinofDionneWarwick.(Ms.FranklinisMs.Houston’sgodmother.)Ms.Houston’srangespannedthreeoctaves,andhervoicewasplush,vibrantandoftenspectacula
5、r.Shecouldpourontheexuberantflourishesofgospelorpealasimplepopchorus;shecouldsingsweetlyorunleashasultryrasp.DressedineverythingfromformalgownstoT-shirts,shecultivatedtheimageofafun-lovingbutardentgoodgirl,thevoicebehindsongsasperkyas“IWannaDanceWithSomebody(WhoLovesMe
6、)”andastorchyaswhatbecamehersignaturesong,aversionofDollyParton’s“IWillAlwaysLoveYou.”Butbythemid-1990s,evenasshewasmovingintoactingwithfilmslike“TheBodyguard”and“ThePreacher’sWife,”shebecamewhatshedescribed,ina2009interviewwithOprahWinfrey,asa“heavy”userofmarijuanaand
7、cocaine.Bythe2000sshewasstruggling;hervoicegrewsmaller,scratchierandlesssecure,andherperformancesgrewerratic.AllofMs.Houston’sstudioalbumsweremillion-sellers,andtwohavesoldmorethan10millioncopiesintheUnitedStatesalone:her1985debutalbumandthe1992soundtrackto“TheBodyguar
8、d,”whichincludes“IWillAlwaysLoveYou.”ButhermarriagetothesingerBobbyBrown—whichwas,atonepoint,documentedinaBravorealit
