Whitney Houston's Funeral Will Be Broadcast Online Saturday
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Whitney Houston's funeral services are scheduled to take place at her childhood church, New Hope Baptist Church, in Newark, NJ Saturday, and although doors will be closed to the public, the singer's family is still allowing fans to pay their respects, albeit, from their living rooms.
CNN confirms that the "I Will Always Love You" singer's funeral will be broadcast live via livestream.com/aplive -- nice news for mourners who won't be sitting in the 1,500, invitation-only seats.
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After the services are over, Houston will be laid to rest at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, NJ, where TMZ reports she will be buried next to her father, John Russell Houston, who died in 2003.
On Monday, as Houston's body was being flown from California to New Jersey, it was speculated that the family would hold a memorial service at the nearby Prudential Center, which holds over 17,000 people, but that rumor disappeared as soon as it surfaced.
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"[The family] didn't want to have a parade," pastor Marvin L. Winans, who will give the eulogy at Houston's funeral, told Anderson Cooper on Wednesday. "I don't think knowing Cissy and the Houston family ... it was a matter of public or private as it was this is my daughter, this is my sister, this is my mother, this is my friend and we want to do this with dignity."
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Houston, who was 48 at the time, was found dead inside her Beverly Hills hotel room on Feb. 11. The results of a toxicology report are expected in several weeks.
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10The only concern any you folks should have is how you are going to die, thingpk about it
there is speculation that she died of drugs but no one knows,only the good LORD knows and if she took her own life ,my opinoin is that her voice was damaged so she didn't want to go on,but i don't think she did becuse she had so much to live for. she was an amazing singer and a great person,her greatest asset was living for christina and i don't think she would hurt her daughter that way.our hearts go out to her child and her family,so GOD BE WITH ALL OF YOU.may GOD be with all of you at this time and help you heal.
i''l get my popcorn !!!!!
I think this is a nice way to do it. And BTW, Denver Broncos, do NOT post that kind of crap on a story about someone's funeral. Totally WRONG.
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Very sad....RIP
I still can't over the fact that she's dead. Man! RIP Whitney
So sorry for the loss of one of the greatest artist of all time ,my heart goes out to her family, gone before your time Whitney, R .I.P
Selamat Jalan My Diva.....
rip angel...