but there s nothing we can do about that. but i want to remember her when she was at the very, very top, because we all love stars like this. simon, if you could hold on the line for one moment. we re going to go back to don lemon in atlanta. he s going to give a quick news update. piers and simon, thank you very much. stand by, everyone, who is watching around the world. i m don lemon in atlanta. thank you for watching. breaking news tonight. one of the greatest voices of her generation, whitney houston has died. the grammy winning entertainer was just 48 years old. we ve learned that from the beverly hills police department, and we have been honoring her all evening here, as soon as we got the information and mourning the loss to the world in general. i m joined by piers morgan, my colleague here on cnn. if i could ask simon a question. i m noticing on twitter and from the reaction i m getting, a lot of young people looked up to whitney houston. she meant to much to so