Images: Whitney Houston, 1963-2012
In this Oct. 28, 2006, file photo, musician Whitney Houston arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif. Houston died Saturday. Houston, who reigned as pop musics queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, was 48.
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In this Sept. 1, 2009, file photo, singer Whitney Houston performs on Good Morning America in New Yorks Central Park.
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In this Nov. 22, 2009, file photo, Whitney Houston performs at the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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In this Feb. 9, 2008, file photo, singer Whitney Houston arrives at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Party in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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This Jan. 17, 2009, file photo shows singer Whitney Houston at the BET Honors in the Warner Theatre in Washington.
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In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, file photo, Whitney Houston accepts an award at the Warner Theatre during the 2010 BET Hip Hop Honors in Washington.
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In this July 17, 1994, file photo, Whitney Houston performs before a sellout crowd at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., during closing ceremonies for the final match that pitted Italy against Brazil in the World Cup.
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In this Nov. 25, 2002, file photo, singer Whitney Houston, left, smiles at her husband, singer Bobby Brown, during a court hearing in Dekalb County State Court in Decatur, Ga.
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In this May 23, 2003, file photo, Whitney Houston, right, and her then-husband, Bobby Brown, perform during the VH1 Divas duets show in Las Vegas.
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In this Nov. 22, 2009, file photo, singer Whitney Houston receives the International Artist Award onstage at the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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In this July 11, 1999, file photo, singer Whitney Houston performs Until You Come Back To Me during the 26th annual American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
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In this Nov. 22, 2009, file photo, artist Whitney Houston receives the International Artist Award onstage at the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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In this March 3, 1988, file photo, Whitney Houston poses with her Grammy at the annual Grammy Awards presentation in New York.
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In this Nov. 22, 2009, file photo, Whitney Houston performs at the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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In this July 25, 1984, file photo, Whitney Houston, left, and Jermaine Jackson sing during a rehearsal for the CBS television soap opera As the World Turns in New York.
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In this Oct. 28, 2006, file photo, Whitney Houston, right, and music producer Clive Davis arrive at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Singer Whitney Houston poses with a lifetime achievement trophy at the World Women's Award ceremony in Hamburg's Congress Center in northern Germany on June 9, 2004.
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In this Feb. 11, 2010, file photo, singer Whitney Houston performs at Saitama Arena in Saitama, near Tokyo.
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In this Feb. 13, 2011, file photo, singer Whitney Houston performs at the pre-Grammy gala & salute to industry icons with Clive Davis honoring David Geffen in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Whitney Houston, left, leaves the stage with Jennifer Hudson after Hudson accepted the award for best R&B album for Jennifer Hudson at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009.
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Whitney Houston and then-husband Bobby Brown arrive at Vanity Fair's Oscar party at Morton's in Hollywood in March 2001. During their 14-year marriage, which ended in 2007, Brown was arrested for drugs and alcohol, and Houston twice entered drug rehab programs. Houston even admitted to doing two stints in rehab prior to 2010.
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Whitney Houston performs at the 2004 World Music Awards in this Sept. 15, 2004, file photo, at the Thomas and Mack Arena in Las Vegas. A year after her first reported stay in rehab, Whitney Houston checked into a rehabilitation facility in 2005.
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ABC News Diane Sawyer sits down for a rare interview with superstar Whitney Houston at her home in 2002 in suburban Atlanta. Houston admitted shed abused drugs in the past but said shes gotten beyond that time through prayer.
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This Aug. 31, 2009, photo provided by Harpo Productions shows television talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, right, and Whitney Houston during an interview at the Town Hall in New York. She told Winfrey, “When it gets to the point where you're sitting in your home and you're just trying to cover what you don't want people to know, it's painful. And then you want more just so that you don't let anybody see you cry.”
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