Originally Posted by
juicefree20
In terms of platitudes, I can think of nothing to add to the millions of words written since yesterday, other than to say that learning of her passing was somewhat eerie for me.
My lady & I attended the 3 p.m. 70's Soul Jam at The Beacon in order to celebrate Valentines Day. In the 2+ years that we've been together, whenever she accompanied me to a show, I was shooting. I've never been able to actually watch a show with her. Being Valentines Day weekend, for once, I attended a show sitting by her side.
Anyway, we sat inside of the auditorium after the show, speaking with fellow forumers Joe Rivera & Mike Mullens & ran into Paul Williams Jr. & spoke for a quick minute, then headed to the Sugar Bar for dinner. After leaving the Sugar Bar, I was going to go across the street to a Korean Deli to pick up something, then noticed a little store a couple of doors down from the Sugar Bar. I popped in & noticed Rasperry Joya Bars & those are my weakness. As I turned to the magazine rack, I see the National Enquirer with one of their usual stories about Whitney & as by now I'm sure that most people have seen it, I wont regurgitate it here. As I looked at the 2 pictures which accompanied the story, I thought about buying it, then decided against it. My thinking being that they just weren't ever going to give this woman any peace.
On the way back home, I was speaking with my lady about the Enquirer article & shaking my head about the constant negativity found in those magazines & the whole TMZ mentality which seems to taint everything these days. We got home & was watching tv, when she got a call from her daughter telling her that Whitney had died. We went onto the internet & there it was.
What kinda threw me was the timing of it all. I had just seen her on the cover of The Enquirer & as thought about the time, I realized that she had died shortly before I saw that magazine. That felt a bit eerie.
After reading all of the accusations, the blame game & countless rantings of both friend & foe, when all is said & done, I believe that it will come out that her death wasn't due to any illicit drug use or binging, but was accidental.
Either way, for whatever reason, to lose such a talented woman is tragic. And when you consider the heights to which she had soared, the valleys to which she'd come to know & add her prodigious gifts [[not to mention her beauty), her passing is nothing less than a great American tragedy.
My condolences to her family, friends, loved ones & fans. And while we're at it, let's offer a special prayer to Cissy Houston, the mother who fought valiantly to prevent such a day of finality. And let's offer a very, very special prayer to Kristina Bobbi, the daughter who is going to feel this loss quite severely.
Whitney Houston - R.I.P.
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