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  1. Are we going to cover every crack head in the city like this? is this really that big of a news story. Crack kills.
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    • How many crack heads are able to sell more than 50 million records in the United States alone? How many crack heads earn six Grammies and countless orther awards? Right now the official cause of Whitney's death is uknown. She may or may not have had illegal drugs in her body. So far the preliminary evidence from her hotel room suggests accidental drowning while possibly under the influence of prescription medicine and alcohol? It's going to be some time before the toxiciology reports are back. Remember, Amy Winehouse also struggled with drug addiction and a music career, albeit at a younger age than Whitney. In the end Ms. Weinhouse died with no illegal drugs in her system. For about the first 10 years of her career Ms. Houston enjoyed the clean-cut princess of pop (and especially adult contemporary music) image. Being at the top of the music industry, being a movie actress along with wife and mother while so in the public eye along with scrutiny by the mainstream media, tabloid TV media, and the supermarket scandal tabloids has to be extremely tough. Remember, too, Whitney grew up surrounded by the music business with her mother an accomplished professional gospel singer, her is Dione Warrick, and her Godmother is Aretha Franklin. Rest in peace Whitney Elizabeth "Nippy" Houston, August 9, 1963 to February 11, 2012.
    • millwaukee city idiot i know your angry white republican so sad Obama2012 , little boy walker goes down 2012
  2. Thank you to the Associated Press and Bounce TV for carrying this event professionally without commercials. It was a beautiful farewell ceremony, rememberance of Whitney's life and music and film careers, and a funeral.
  3. Being a drug addict and alcoholic myself. I understand why Whitney could never shake her habits. Most of us very bad alcoholics have different reasons why we end up getting sober.

    But we agree that some type of a "bottom" must be hit.
    After Whitney made millions - she didn't have to worry about losing her kids or where she was going to live.
    Those two things are what constitutes a "bottom" for many alcoholics I know.

    Don't blame anyone beside Whitney for this.
    And that is by no means a slam on Whitney at all.

    I just sense that like, MJ, some people are going to blame whoever kept feeding her drugs - but the truth is that when anyone has millions - they are always going to find drugs and booze.

    There aint nobody gonna stop Whitney or MJ or anyone else from tailspinning to their death.

    All of this said - The soldiers who die for us in battle voluntarily, deserve more praise than any singer or entertainer that dies.
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  4. What a good role model for kids.
  5. Great to see the J-S leading coverage of this shining example of money, drugs and denial. Hey Eugene, what excuse did you drum up to OK this pageantry?
  6. The tragedy of Whitney's death really struck me during the funeral yesterday, I really did shed a tear. The world has lost a tremendous talent that illuminated just how horrible contemporary pop/rock music has become. Just think about how short a time it was ago when singers actually had to sing without digital correction, and musicians actually had to play their instruments. Listen to her tracks on youtube with NO processing, just that amazing, spectacularly musical voice.

    And commonsense below deserves credit for an absolutely spot on post. The real tragedy here is that yet another amazing talent has been lost to drugs and alcohol, because for the rich and famous, "the bottom" is never reached...the point at which average people have a chance at true redemption and sobriety. Too much money, and too many handlers around to prevent that. Her story should be told in every classroom in America this week.
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    • And I too am just a little angry that the media and graverobbers were able to make MJs doc a scapegoat for what everyone around MJ had been enabling for years. His last doc was clearly negligent in his care on the night of his death, but everyone of those family members should have been thrown in the slammer with the doc...what a joke. But I suppose they all feel better about themselves now that they can all point their finger at the doc that came on the scene last in line.