heaven down. and final good byes from those who knew and loved her best. there is a lady in heaven making god wonder how he created something so perfect. whitney houston a final fairwell. we loved her so much and that won t stop. this is a special edition of piers morgan tonight. he leaded me in the path of righteous ne righteousness though i walk through the valley of the shadows they do comfort me whitney, today is your day. we celebrate. today is your day, whitney. today is your day. now, i want to just say that we came here to celebrate and this is how we celebrate. we have church. we have church. the loving people you see, this family, they love the lord. and that is their faith that is holding them together. so it s not about anybody but whitney today and we celebrate and we want to support and strengthen this family in this hour. what do you do when you ve done all you can seems like it s never enough tell me what do you say tell me
we love you whitney. [applaus [applause] i d like to share a few words with you. the words that i feel are quite appropriate about how i feel about my whitney. don t grieve for me, for now i m free. i m following the path god made for me.
it was interesting to hear some of the pastors who came up, t.d. jaacks who knew whitney later. sparkle is the film that will be coming out this summer. he said you paid a tremendous price in life. you had to share her with the world. i think that s often very hard for families of someone so famous to realize that while this is their day, it s also the world s day. people who are fans of whitney houston s, too, are grieving. i thought they got it absolutely right today. the family got the balance between giving the fans something and also between keeping it an intimate and family affair for family and friends. i thought they got it bang on. people who criticize it have to imagine what it was like. cissy houston all week trying to wrestle with the right thing to do. you could not argue that was an incredible service to pay tribute to her daughter in the most perfect way. also allowed the immediate why from a respectful distance, i think, and her fans around the world to sh