OT Whitney Houston dead at 48!!!!

That is so sad... I still love listening to her sing. Sends chills up my spine everytime.

So very sad for her mom and daughter. R.I.P..............Sharon

OMG thanks for the thread, I really need to vent!! Like you all, I'm shocked and sadden to hear of Whitney's passing.  She was such a great talent, it's so sad that it had to end like this.

Now, what really breaks my heart is the lack of sensitivity people are showing.  I was reading on my FB earler and all I see were comments like her passing was overdue, remarks about her drug abuse, etc, etc, etc.  What the hell people?!?! Don't we all have a relative or friend (or a friend's friend) in a similar situation? How would you feel if instead of Whitney, it was your sister or mother??  And what bugged me the most is that the worst comment I read came from a relative who goes to church and calls herself a Christian.  I haven't been to church in a while, but as far as I remember, a good Christian doesn't rejoice (or mocks) someone's passing, nor do they judge a person and their habits.  I sooooo wish I could tell her to her face without starting a full blown family fewd!  

Sounds like you and I have some FB friends in common

I posted a rebuttle to those types of comments as my status a little while ago, and at least I can say that I have gotten several "likes" already... proof that not everyone is so cold and harsh. 

No one is perfect.  How would those same people feel if someone they loved was being bashed like that, less than 24 hours after death?  Her poor daughter!

I choose to remember her for her awesome music.  Nothing less.

 Tragic loss, RIP Whitney

shocking but not suprising.  too bad she couldn't get it together.

wonder what happened?  OD, suicide, heart attack from body abuse.  girl looked horrible out last night, she had blood on her legs and stuff.  musta had a rough one.

Sick!  Do we not abuse our bodies with food?  Most of us suffer from food addiction and WLS will not solve that!  How dare you pass judgment, how dare you!

We all battle demons on this earth.  She had a beautiful gift she shared with us all and I am grateful she's left such a body of work - most of us won't!

Ugh, are you perfect!   Will people say upon our passing "she probably had a coronary because she ate like a pig and probably clogged up her arteries"  " she was so fat, it was  just a matter of time before she killed herself with her obesity - it was self-induced"    We are no better than one another. 

If you couldn't be respectful you shouldn't have said anything at all.

Excuse me, but considering that, as you admit, we DON'T KNOW what happened, doesn't this seem out of line?  I agree with Zee.  I'm not a drug addict, but most of us are here because we too have an addiction that we are battling.  Why do you think "head hunger" is such an issue? 

I would hate for someone to judge me like that if I was to die fat... to have people assume that I died of something related to obesity just because I struggled with my weight, and to have them shake their heads and act like I should have done more to save myself.

oh jeebus calm down you two.  she had been on major drugs for years, maybe her heart gave out.  it's not 'judging' it's speculating.  her life was out there for the whole world to see.  and yes if i died of a heart attack people could say it was because i was 100lbs overweight, that's not judging it's common sense.  i didn't say she deserved it. 

I'm pretty sure she drowned. But Schadenfreude will win out whatever the report.