importantly, your love for whitney and this family for all these years. she loved you. [applaus [applause]. la reed much love and respect for you for many years i used to tease her, if clive was your industry father, l.a. is your industry uncle. we got a kick out of that. and record label, arista, and past and present never forgot the things that you did for her. the journey was more than incredible, it made history. she loved her craft. to her international fans, you were blessed to have her final tour in 2010. she would
importantly, your love for whitney and this family for all these years. she loved you. [ applause ] there was much love and respect for you for many years. i used to tease her and say if clive was your industry father, then l.a. is your industry uncle. we got such a kick out of that. to her record label, her worldwide family past and present, she never forgot all the things you did for her. the journey was more than incredible, it made history. she loved her craft. to her international fans, you were blessed to have her final tour in 2010. she would dedicate that tour to
the lord and savior. this is not a sad time, but a glad time. i don t have to say much, because everyone that has spoken, they ve hit it, as we now say south on the head. but i would say that we had some good times. she accepted me as a brother, although i was her bodyguard for almost 11 years. i remember with sparkle everyone that left, and i wanted to go home bad. and she said, ray when she say ray, she called me uncle ray, that s her playful time but when she means business, she would say ray. i m tired. i ve done everything i m supposed to do. i just want to hang back a little bit and just rest. i said, okay. all right. but the thing about it is when we got ready to leave, she says, i don t believe i want to fly. i said, well, how are we going to get there? she says, we re going to drive. i said, well, we re going to drive? not we. i said, you don t drive. she said i m going to help you drive. i said, i m not going to trust you to drive me. so, she said, we can do i