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iscooterliberally

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45. Thank you for adding this.

Wed Feb 15, 2012, 03:24 PM

Feb 2012

I never heard about her being gay, and it wouldn't have mattered to me one way or the other. I just wanted to post something good about her after all the ugliness that I was seeing on the net with her passing. She was sweet and I got to hold her hand for a few seconds. She smiled, grabbed the mic, walked out on stage and the crowd went nuts. I think if the power went out she still would have sang over their cheers.

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Whitney Houston - my brief encounter many years ago [View all] iscooterliberally Feb 2012 OP

i'm so saddened by her death cash__whatiwant Feb 2012 #1

Thanks TuxedoKat Feb 2012 #2

A lovely tribute and memory. Thanks for posting..n/t monmouth Feb 2012 #3

It's too bad we can't turn back time and make it so she'd never meet Bobby Brown. Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #4

I think her problems started before he came on the scene. iscooterliberally Feb 2012 #8

Yes,She was on dope before Bobby Brown Go Vols Feb 2012 #9

Well it was the 80s and cocaine was everywhere. iscooterliberally Feb 2012 #11

DING DING DING! Iscooterliberally, you're our grand prize winner! rocktivity Feb 2012 #14

Damn. It's no wonder she looked nervous when she saw me. iscooterliberally Feb 2012 #15

I couldn't agree more. Lilyeye Feb 2012 #48

You were lucky it wasn't Dionne Warwick or Martina McBride. Both can be very imperial. alfredo Feb 2012 #5

It's funny you mentioned it. iscooterliberally Feb 2012 #7

Warwick was an (excellent) pop singer who just happened to be black rocktivity Feb 2012 #16

Is this a good thing or a bad thing? kwassa Feb 2012 #20

You should rely on whatever artistic "power" you have -- and it ABSOLUTELY shouldn't be race-based rocktivity Feb 2012 #21

She treated the musicians poorly. alfredo Feb 2012 #17

Dionne was nice around me. I never worked with Martina. iscooterliberally Feb 2012 #36

Martina was more than a bad day thing. Dionne's treatment of orchestra members was alfredo Feb 2012 #39

Understood. iscooterliberally Feb 2012 #41

There could be a difference in how she reacts to the gender of the person. alfredo Feb 2012 #43

I've heard that about Diana Ross too. n/t whathehell Feb 2012 #33

That's a wonderful story. yellerpup Feb 2012 #6

Good story. Thanks for sharing it. MineralMan Feb 2012 #10

So much for the glamor of show biz Warpy Feb 2012 #12

Very true. iscooterliberally Feb 2012 #13

The pressure is enormous. You start off in hock to the record companies, and you have to work you alfredo Feb 2012 #44

When I was younger, I had a microcosm of the "star" experience tavalon Feb 2012 #30

... politicasista Feb 2012 #18

nice demtenjeep Feb 2012 #19

I am totally a mess about her death. But I do have to say this: closeupready Feb 2012 #22

That WOULD have been the icing on the cake rocktivity Feb 2012 #23

By the way, if you need a Whitney fix, watch "Waiting to Exhale" on Netflix streaming closeupready Feb 2012 #25

Avoid The Bodyguard, the movie she did with Kevin Kostner rocktivity Feb 2012 #26

I liked her in The Bodyguard. whathehell Feb 2012 #34

i think THAT, more than anything, absolutely destroyed her noiretextatique Feb 2012 #38

That's a lovely epistle to her. Thanks for sharing it here. closeupready Feb 2012 #40

you're welcome noiretextatique Feb 2012 #47

Thank you for adding this. iscooterliberally Feb 2012 #45

and thank you for sharing your sweet story noiretextatique Feb 2012 #46

Cool story, thanks for sharing. nt rufus dog Feb 2012 #24

Hotel jumping and airport running does not sound like an appealing way of life to me. lonestarnot Feb 2012 #27

I have a photographer friend who worked on a shoot with her some years back . . . markpkessinger Feb 2012 #28

As an aside, tavalon Feb 2012 #31

She faired better than.. Go Vols Feb 2012 #29

I thought I was ready for Etta James, but she caught me off guard. iscooterliberally Feb 2012 #35

"I really think the fame did her in before the drugs did" Javaman Feb 2012 #32

Fame not only insulates you from reality, it insulates you from other people. LuckyLib Feb 2012 #37

I get the impression a lot of her family were still using her to stay in the limelight themselves... cbdo2007 Feb 2012 #42