albums with hit like saving all my love for you and the greatest love of all and i will always reporter: perhaps her crowning achievement was her 1992 cover of dolly parton s i will always love you from her film the body guard with kevin costner. whitney houston was born into a musical family in newark, new jersey, in 1963. her talent was discovered at an early age and signed by arista records in 1983. her first two albums brought seven consecutive number one hits, surpassing a record set by the beatles and begys i want to dance reporter: she went on to become music s most awarded female artist of all time according to the guinness book of world records and won six grammys, two emmys, 16 billboard music awards and 23 american music awards and was named female artist of the decade at the soul train music awards in 2000. but her career stalled as she struggled with drugs and alcohol and stormy relationship with bobby brown became tabloid fodder. she filed for di
staying in the room above houston s says she heard two loud booms, and a man s voice about 20 minutes before houston was pronounced dead. it is hard nowhere to start to begin to describe the life of whitney houston. i get so emotional baby every time i think of you both an entertainer and person, she s described as larger than life, born in 1963. gospel singer cissy houston, voice discovered when she was a young girl singing at her church. debut sold 12 million copies in the alone. recorded a string of billboard hits in the 1980s and 90s including saving all my love for you and how will i know. we both know i m not what you need and i will always love you houston went on to star with kevin costner in the body guard, the sound truck one of the top ten biggest selling albums of all time including i a rema remake of i will always love you. she battled drug problems, better known for her high-profile and tumultuous 15-year marriage to bobby brown of new editi
billboard magazine, thanks so much. thanks for having me. we re continuing to follow developments in the death of pop super star whitney houston. tonight an all-star tribute will be paid to the singer at the grammys. houston s body was found yesterday in the beverly hilton hotel just hours before she was to attend a pregrammy party. she was 48 years old. poised to make a comeback after battling drugs for years. houston s body is in the los angeles county morgue waiting for an autopsy that is expected to be conducted some time today. the beverly hills police say they will release information on their vebts investigation as early as tomorrow. we have a team of correspondents following this developing story. casey wian is covering the police investigation and entertainment reporter kareen wynter is covering the reaction from the music industry and the mood at the grammys today and tonight and deb feyerick in new jersey getting reaction in whitney s hometown. careen, to you
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game yesterday. turned into an all-out brawl between crosstown rivals. we ll let you see more of this. we know suspensions are coming. you re not going to believe what some of the players said after the game. also, many of you b i kno you re dreading it the in-laws are coming for the holidays. that may stress you out and some of that stress may come from religious differences. all it that in our faces of faith, tips how to deal with it. let s start with the presidential debate from last night. you could tell we re getting close to the first votes. last night we heard a lot of back-and-forth and a lot of it actually got perm, maybe even more so than we ve heard in the past. take a quick listen. if you will cheat on your wife, if you will cheat on your spouse, then why wouldn t you cheat on your business partner or why wouldn t you cheat on anybody, for that matter. i ve made mistakes at times. i ve had to go to god for forgiveness. i ve had to seek reconciliation