Whitney Houston

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"The biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy."
- Whitney Houston
WHITNEY HOUSTON was one of the biggest and most influential stars of the past 30 years. A number-one recording artist, a film star, and a concert superstar, she had it all. Her list of chart-topping songs, from "Saving All My Love for You" to "I Will Always Love You," provided the soundtrack for a generation. And films like The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale and The Preacher's Wife turned her into a global sensation. Her sudden death at 48 shocked and saddened the world.
Whitney was born into music royalty: her mother, Grammy Award-winning soul and gospel singer. Cissy Houston; her cousin, the incomparable Dionne Warwick; and her godmother, the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin. Gifted with a voice like no other, Whitney was always destined for greatness, and in the hands of music industry legend Clive Davis, she was groomed for superstardom.
However, after more than a decade of... Tovább

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"The biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy."
- Whitney Houston
WHITNEY HOUSTON was one of the biggest and most influential stars of the past 30 years. A number-one recording artist, a film star, and a concert superstar, she had it all. Her list of chart-topping songs, from "Saving All My Love for You" to "I Will Always Love You," provided the soundtrack for a generation. And films like The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale and The Preacher's Wife turned her into a global sensation. Her sudden death at 48 shocked and saddened the world.
Whitney was born into music royalty: her mother, Grammy Award-winning soul and gospel singer. Cissy Houston; her cousin, the incomparable Dionne Warwick; and her godmother, the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin. Gifted with a voice like no other, Whitney was always destined for greatness, and in the hands of music industry legend Clive Davis, she was groomed for superstardom.
However, after more than a decade of astonishing success, Whitney's life began to unravel. Behind the scenes, a nightmare of pills, drugs and liquor eroded her health, her looks, and her once-glorious voice. No one could have predicted that America's Sweetheart would fall so far, so fast.
'New York Times best-selling author Mark Bego traces Whitney's spectacular rise and fall, recounting Whitney's journey from background singer, to model, to Grammy-winning recording artist, to movie star. He chronicles her slow decline, beginning with her controversial marriage to singer Bobby Brown, her storming 2009 comeback, and her tragic end on the eve of the Grammys on February 11, 2012.
"Mark Bego is the reigning king of the biography."
- Washington Post
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