good evening, everyone. outfront tonight, questions and sorrow over the death of whitney houston. this is what we know right now, family and close friends will say farewell to the pop star saturday in newark, new jersey. chris christie has ordered the flags at half-staff in honor of whitney houston. sources tell us that her body was found by her assistant mary jones who she often called aunt mary. her ex-husband bobby brown released a statement about bobbi kristina saying this, obviously the death of her mother is affecting her. however, we will get through the tragedy as a family. bobbi kristina, as you are aware had been taken to cedar sinai hospital following the death of her mother. while the official cause of her death may not be known for weeks, police requested a security hold on the coroner s report which is a common request in high-profile cases. don lemon talked with the medical examiner today, and what did you find out today, don? a lot of interesting things. a
be held at the predential center. the venue is closed to the new hope baptist church where as a girl she sang in the choir. we re going to go live and get the latest on her final hour of life and the investigation into how exactly she died. everyone admired houston s magnificent voice. she won more awards than any other female singer. and she s the only singer ever to have had seven conservative number one hits. for me, i idealized houston as a singer. the song went on replay back then what were boom boxes and that movie came out in 1992, the same year she married bobby brown. and many say that was the start of her downfall, an abusive relationship, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, prescription drugs, rehab, a few years back, she spoke about one drug she said she never actually even used. first of all, let s get one thing straight. crack is key. i made a point never to smoke crack. we don t do crack. we don t do that. crack is whack. the drugs and lifestyle took away her glor
i m erin burnett, outfront. whitney houston s funeral will be held at the prudential center in newark, a venue that can hold 100,000 people. the venue is closed to the new hope baptist church where as a girl she sang in the choir. we re going to go live and get the latest on her final hour of life and the investigation into how exactly she died. everyone admired houston s magnificent voice. she won more awards than any other female singer. and she s the only singer ever to have had seven consecutive number one hits. for me, i idealized houston as a singer. the bodyguard was one of my favorite movies in high school. she was gorgeous. the song went on replay back then what were boom boxes and that movie came out in 1992, the same year she married bobby brown. and many say that was the start of her downfall, an abusive relationship, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, prescription drugs, rehab, a few years back, she spoke about one drug she said she never actually even used. firs
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