Whitney Houston, (born August 9, 1963, Newark, New Jersey, U.S. died February 11, 2012, Beverly Hills, California), American singer and actress who was one of the best-selling musical performers of the 1980s and ’90s. The daughter of Emily (“Cissy”) Houston whose vocal group, the Sweet Inspirations, sang backup for Aretha Franklin and the cousin of singer Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston began singing in church as a child. While still in high school, she sang backup for Chaka Khan and Lou Rawls and modeled for fashion magazines. At age 19 she signed with Arista Records, whose president, Clive Davis, groomed the gospel-based singer for
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