I was really sad to see her go. I'm not generally a fan kind of guy at all since I worked with many "celebrities", but, Whitney had honest to god talent. The youtube video that Freek posted doesn't do justice to how well she sang our Anthem that day. Another victim of drugs by her own admission. They took her down. What a shame...she had a voice that no others could come close to duplicating in her prime. Very sad.
Wouldn't you think that others addicted to drugs would look at these situations and get their acts together? Marry a druggy and this is how you will end up! A truly great talent wasted.
That's the problem with hard drugs. It is almost impossible to get off them. I saw tons of talent and beauty go down the drain when I was in Hollywood. Even if they WANT to get off the stuff they can't. Glad I never "tried" them when I was out there. And glad I left.
A simple thing like cigarettes is a drug. We've never tried anything or even smoked. Only our youngest son 22, smokes. He now lives with habitual smokers. Had a birthday party Sauturday and my wife and I constantly tell him he needs to quit. As we saw him light up at least his third smoke in a few hours, he would repeat "I'm tryin to stop." That's just cigarettes. I can imagine how other drugs work on people. I don't know if we were smart, lucky, or just had the right friends. It takes all of that plus common sense to say NO!
I smoke regularly and have no intention to stop anytime soon, I enjoy it too much. I drink when I am with friends, but unless someone comes to visit and wants to have a drink, I have no desire. I have smoked a lil Cheech N Chong in the past, but never once did I like the feeling. In fact I will not take any prescription pain meds. Advil or Alieve is as hardcore of a pain med as I will go. I have 3 older brothers, 2 smoke up on the reefer on a daily basis, the other will on occasion. Do I have a problem with it, nope. They all have their lives on track, own their own houses, have lots of cool play toys, pay their bills, have great jobs that are laid back and will not drug test them and punish them for their habits. None of them are junkies like this crackhead was. Pot is given to us by God, it is not produced by man and it is not addictive, no matter what anyone ever says. Yes, it is a gateway drug, but if you can control the gate, I see no issue with it. THE ONLY reason the government has a problem with it, is because they cannot control who grows it, anyone can grow pot in their own home and the G Man can't tax it if they can't control who is growing it. If they could tax pot, then mark my words, it would become legal. You are in more control of yourself on a THC high then you are on alcohol, yet booze is still legal ad pot isn't?? How many Pot related auto fatalities to you hear of? Not many, if any at all. Why, coz when you are on a mellow and lazy high, you just wanna sit around, watch TV and eat yourself into a coma. Pot is also better for your body then drinking. No, I am not promoting pot, but I am not gonna idolize some crackhead junky who puts her addiction over her daughter and career. Sure she had talent, sure she could sing. Did I like her music, hell no, will I say its a shame she died, NOPE. I feel worry for her innocent daughter, who, by seeing her worthless parents drink and go on drug binges, will most likely follow in their footsteps and become a crackhead just like mommy and daddy. Whitney deserves nobody's pity, she got what exactly she deserved, nothing more, nothing less. Cold hearted as I may be, she got what was comin to her, nobody made her start the drugs, she did not need to marry Mr. One Hit Wonder. She had it all, she pissed it away and I have no respect for the dirtbag. You never hear anyone feeling pity for a murder, so why feel pity for a junky?? You reap what you sow.
I respectfully disagree with your analysis of Whitney. She began as a classy lady and the names you call her are unwarranted. We will have to agree to disagree on this one.
Yes we will Foxie, that's what friends are all about, having the respect to respectfully agreeing to disagree. I wish I had 1/1000000 of everything she tossed away. I would not have been so foolish. You see her for what she was, I respect that, I see her for what she became and what she has done to her daughter. Kids come first, anything less is selfish.
It's a shame her aunt Dionne and the Psychic Friends Network were unable to forsee this. I am psychic enough to know that you don't wash a fistful of zannies down with a liter of vodka and go take a bath...it never ends well. Maybe I need to call Dionne, or Miss Cleo, or somebody, and ask for a job on the "hotline".... At least there's some sort of dignity and class retained by dying in the bathtub of the Beverly Hilton, rather than some alley in Atlanta trying to score some crack. Apparently she just finished filming a remake of the 1970s movie Sparkle. I have no idea what that is, has anyone seen it. Just makes me think of that Mariah Carey movie Glitter. I always thought she was beautiful even if her music annoyed the living hell out of me.
"As anybody in the music biz can tell you, it was Dionne Warwick that introduced Whitney to the glass pipe. Poor Bobby didnt have a clue what he was getting into. It's been said she latched onto him specifically to gets creds from her fellow Black performers."
Ive been sitting here listening to the Grammy's while hangin out... ...as a retired musician....Im truly saddened by her departure. she was a force to be reckoned with in her day. .as for you guys.... to speak so poorly of someone that you only knew thru the Tabloids....thats just bad taste !! I hope people speak kinder of you when its your time ......Karma
Such a sad waste. I am sure that that beautiful young woman singing the Star-Spangled Banner never thought she would end up this way, but drugs rob a person of everything. She had it all, and squandered it. But so what? When it was all said and done, she was just a person. She never killed anyone, never maliciously hurt anyone but herself, and she sure didn't get what she deserved by dying. Drugs got a hold on her and led her down a tragic path. I would hate to think that my ability to have compassion and empathy for someone would be based on how rich or poor they might be. David
