Another show biz icon has passed...RIP Whitney...

[gyoung2993]

I always loved her music and voice thru the years on the radio ,and I hate someone with such Godgiving talent made mistakes that end there life ......beating someone up after they passed away ,I cannot do......dont believe for me that would be right for the legacy of music ,this beautiful voice left for all of us to listen to 4 ever, as well as many other musicians such as Lynard Skynard and Elvis and several others,but aint no one knocking them either,they did it all too ,but they left us with so much to enjoy and cherish, and music helps us to remember our pasts as well ,the song remembers when......

 

[Mechinyun]

Need an outside opinion here, discussing Whitney's death with my wife tonight.

Whitney's Daughter, who is 18 years old, in the last 36 hours, has had to be picked up from her home not once, but twice because she is so distraught over her mothers death.

Apparently when she reaches the hospital they treat her with prozac, valium etc and send her home.

Now I totally feel for the woman, her mom passed.. yes its sad. But I told my wife I thought it was ridiculous to call 911 and be taken in for anxiety and get "meds" over this, twice.

Plenty of peoples mothers die every day and they grieve, without having to call 911 over it and be taken to a hospital. Are they not rich enough to have a limo take her to hospital? What if another person is dying from a heart attacke and needed that ambulance?? Lots of ways to look at this here.. anyyyyway....

My wife says she thinks im heartless and an A-hole bout that, she thinks the 911 emergency trips are justified.

Thoughts?!?

 

[niennumb1]

She'll be missed, but seems to me that she spent the first half of her life really building herself. The second half was spent destroying it.

I've seen a lot of Facebook posts saying she is a hero. The people who serve to protect our country are heroes. Whitney Houston is not a hero. She was an amazing talent completely wasted and took her life for granted. Not even Kevin Costner could deal with that anymore.

 

[DARTH ANIBAL]

I'm glad her critics are so smug in their own goodness and perfections that they can't even comprehend anything that might transpire in their own lives that could possibly reduce them to a level of something as unsavory as drug addiction, especially crack. Not being able to overcome your demons in this life does not mean you have chosen them as bedfellows.

Very well said. As the years have gone by, life has taught me to be a little less quick on the draw when it comes to judging certain decisions and situations that other people experience. Never in a million years would I justify, or condone some of these things, but I've certainly learned that despair over some of life's ills can lead you down paths you would have never thought you'd traverse.

That said, Ms. Houston's death is tragic, however, not completely unexpected. It really is a shame she didn't get the help she needed sooner.

 

[MooMooEgg]

I really want to post a humorous image that I saw on the Internet about this, but I'm afraid I'll get banned for it because it's kinda in bad taste. :facepalm

I might be like Mechinyun and have no heart. :unsure

 

[MooCriket]

There were people posting R.I.P. Whitney on Facebook with a picture of Oprah. I weep for the future.

 

[niennumb1]

Greed at its worst. Capitalizing on celebrity death:

eBay: whitney houston signed

 

[Stormie]

There were people posting R.I.P. Whitney on Facebook with a picture of Oprah. I weep for the future.

It's a joke... Kind of like the star wars quote with the Gandalf picture.

 

[Psab keel]

It's a shame that she died. Her music wasn't really my kind of music, but damn she was talented. The sad thing is that the media will talk and analyze and exploit this until God knows when to the point that she will become a parody of herself. People die of substance abuse everyday, but you never hear a word about it on the news unless they are a celebrity.

 

[DaddyfromNaboo]

I really want to post a humorous image that I saw on the Internet about this, but I'm afraid I'll get banned for it because it's kinda in bad taste. :facepalm

I might be like Mechinyun and have no heart. :unsure

Good call

You wouldn´t be banned, but there have been threads in the past about celebrity deaths where people posted insensitive and tactless/tasteless material, and the question was always "why?". Just for a cheap laugh at other people´s cost? There are plenty of threads, a "condolence" or "damn, we lost another (former) great artist" thread does not really need such posts.

We do appreciate people being considerate and not making posts that might be seen by others as disrespectful.

Thanks,
Michael
RPF staff

 

[Wes R]

Her music hadn't been my type of music since the middle of the 80s when she went from cheerful pop to that screechy stuff. I find it kinda odd that they actually set up webcams for people to watch her funeral online. This is also a good case of doctors giving out too many meds even if it didn't' kill her. She had 3-4 types of sedatives in her room none of which should be mixed.